About Governing DigitalEmbedding democracy into digital governance ~ We help the world understand how to govern better by using civic technologies and how to make technologies more civic by adopting democratic principles in design, service delivery, and information sharing.Readers should expect us to focus on digital records reforms at the National Archives, digital accessibility, the implementation of the 2016 Freedom of Information Act, oversight of the Open Government Data Act, the DATA Act, U.S. participation to the Open Government Partnership, White House circulars and executive orders, and the Honest Ads Act, along with their descendants in states, cities, and other nations.Governing DigitalGD_853a7ed2-5ed3-11ed-b285-11692f83ea00An informed public_853a8030-5ed3-11ed-b285-11692f83ea00To embed democratic values into the digital governance policies and statutes of nation states and the private corporations that operate the public squares of the 21st century._853a810c-5ed3-11ed-b285-11692f83ea00DemocracyDemocracy depends on informed publics to function, but around the world, authoritarianism and populism are on the rise, increasingly using new technologies to censor, repress, surveil, and disinform the public.GovernanceThis phenomenon is muddying the capacity of the public to be accurately informed and engage in collective action based upon shared, trustworthy facts, putting a much higher premium on the capacity of governments to connect with and serve those they govern through the dissemination of trustworthy information where and when the publics search for and discover it.TrustworthinessAt the same time, public trust in government and institutions in general remains low, for good reasons: corporations have captured regulators and legislators. Corruption remains a huge problem in countries around the world.InformationWe believe democracy works best when we are best informed, so we seek to educate the public, press, and lawmakers about how and where disruptive technologies strengthen societies instead of dividing them.TechnologyGoverning.Digital will pull together a unifying framework for a wide range of civic technology issues and then offer ways forward on each. This work will build upon the foundation of good government advocacy and entrepreneurial open technology policy the Sunlight Foundation advanced over the past decade, in particular the 2018 policy agenda that remains relevant in 2020.Disruptive TechnologiesEducate the public, press, and lawmakers about how and where disruptive technologies strengthen societies instead of dividing them_853a81ca-5ed3-11ed-b285-11692f83ea00The PublicThe PressLawmakers... we bring good ideas in digital democracy to light, document who’s making a difference, and help codify what’s working to achieve maximum positive public impact.IdeasBring good ideas in digital democracy to light_853a8292-5ed3-11ed-b285-11692f83ea001Difference MakersDocument who’s making a difference_853a8364-5ed3-11ed-b285-11692f83ea002Difference MakersImpactCodify what’s working to achieve maximum positive public impact_853a8436-5ed3-11ed-b285-11692f83ea0032022-11-07https://governing.digital/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net