This class covered the material from March 28 and April 2 on the syllabus (as I was sick on 28th), so we focused solely on the American side of the open government movement as opposed to also covering the readings on the efforts underway in the UK. We discussed both the positive and negative sides of Obama’s record on transparency. And then we concluded by looking at the burgeoning efforts of citizens and journalists to watch government more effectively from below, which is sometimes referred to as “sousveillance.”

The slides are here; the pencast is here; and the audio file alone is here.