This talk is a window into governance in the 21st century. A key figure in the successful Obama campaign, Beth Noveck is extending the techniques of that success into making the government transparent, accountable, and more participatory. Those who worry that the US government is broken can learn here of work to not only repair it but improve it.

[Tickets are still available for this evening's Seminar at the Herbst; the walk-up line is pay what you can and you will be seated in the theater right away.]

“Transparent Government” Beth Noveck, Herbst Theater, Civic Center, San Francisco, 7pm, TONIGHT, Thursday 4th. The show starts promptly at 7:30pm.

A Live Audio Stream of the Seminar is now available to Long Now Members – you can tune into this Seminar live at 7pm Pacific Time.

A Note from Stewart Brand:
“President Obama’s first executive action was the Open Government Memorandum calling for more transparent, participatory, and collaborative government. It is likely that one of the longest lasting effects of the current administration will be how much it changed the culture of Washington by opening government data and pioneering innovations in policymaking.

As the United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer and leader of the President’s Open Government Initiative in the White House, Beth Noveck is in the forefront of the Federal government’s implementation of these changes. On leave as law professor at New York Law School and a visiting professor of communication at Stanford University, she lectures on intellectual property, innovation and technology law. She is also the Founder of the State of Play conferences.

Noveck just released her latest book Wiki Government: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger, and Citizens More Powerful.”