Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.
Internet governance is an oxymoron. The Internet must govern itself. But you can't play cricket without any rules.
When you start talking about elections being rigged, you're pushing people beyond democratic governance. And it's a very, very dangerous thing to do.
It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance.
For all its shortcomings, Wikipedia does have strong governance and deliberative mechanisms; anyone who has ever followed discussions on Wikipedia's mailing lists will confirm that its moderators and administrators openly discuss controversial issues on a regular basis.
In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted into the governance.
'Contagion' should serve as a wake-up call not only about the germs, but perhaps more importantly about the frailty of governance, nationally and worldwide.
Haiti is 10.4-million people, of whom 35 per cent are children under 15. The country has always had great potential - and this is still the case. Our ill fortune has long been a matter of bad governance. And now things have changed.
Remember, 'governance' is a big word that includes human rights, freedom of speech, economic transactions on a worldwide basis - it touches everything. It's everywhere, and that's why Internet governance is Topic A in many corners.
It is a tragedy indeed that new generations, taking office, attribute failures in governance to insufficient power, and seek more of it.
One of my main legislative efforts in education is to help expand and replicate successful charter schools. Charter schools are public schools with site-based governance.
With greater extensibility and programmability, bitcoin can evolve to enable transformations in how all forms of property are secured and exchanged, how voting and governance function, including spilling into the automation of commercial law, audit, and accounting.
We have a lot of people with a Western education who work in Russia and understand the international rules of business and corporate governance.
After choosing monetary union, further political union and workable governance in Europe was always going to be necessary.
