The document discusses open local government through open data and open source. It argues that open government provides transparency, accountability, civic participation, and innovation. Specifically, it promotes opening up government budget, checkbook, crime, health inspection, traffic, and real estate data. It suggests enacting laws to mandate and support open data and open source. Additionally, it recommends bringing technologists and government together to build open data portals and applications, while addressing challenges related to laws, institutional mindsets, and costs versus returns of open data.