October 1, 2016
Audrey Tang appointed Taiwan digital minister
Audrey Tang was appointed minister without portfolio for digital affairs in Taiwan on October 1, 2016 — the youngest and first transgender cabinet minister.
What it was for
Tang promoted radical government transparency, open dataGovernment and institutional datasets published for public reuse — APIs, portals, and transparency dashboards., and participatory budgeting — exporting Taiwan's civic tech model during COVID contact tracing and beyond.
People
- Audrey Tang — researcher
Why it's here
Tang brought open-source values into national government at cabinet level.
Why it mattered
It demonstrated hackers could reform public institutions from inside government.
What it solved
Governments lacked technical leadership that understood open collaboration.
Media
ImageAudrey TangCamille McOuat, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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