Category Archives: Transparency

Hobson’s Choice

By dniemeier | Published: May 3, 2010
For a thoughtful discussion on the Gulf spill, see this blog entry by Tom Beamish (at UC Davis): http://mitpress.typepad.com/mitpresslog/2010/05/the-gulf-spill-and-the-hobsons-choice-of-oil-production.html#more
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Why people get frustrated with government

By dniemeier | Published: March 22, 2010
So I recently requested data from a report that was commissioned by FHWA. The back and forth between us (myself and the contractors who did the report for FHWA) is interesting. It felt a bit surreal sometimes… Here is my email request (the pdf of the report is available on the web): I am trying [...]
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