Radical Transparency
A governance practice in which government processes, meetings, and decisions are made fully and immediately public by default — not through selective disclosure or after-the-fact summaries.
The most cited example is Taiwan under former digital minister Audrey Tang: cabinet meetings live-streamed, verbatim transcripts published, and vTaiwan consultation data made openly available. Covered in the Taiwan digital democracy post.
The same principle has been argued for journalism rather than government: in a 2021 DOD podcast, Write In Stone founder Austin makes the case for "strength through vulnerability" — publishing the full research trail behind a story so readers can audit how a conclusion was reached, not just consume the conclusion.