Maria Otero

The following post is one of nine articles published for a special supplement, Innovating Government on a Global Stage, produced for the Open Government Partnership in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR). To view the original post, please visit the SSIR website. This post was co-authored by…

                                    Maria Otero serves as the Under Sec. of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights. When President Barack Obama helped launch the…

María Otero is the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights.  On behalf of the United States, she serves as the founding co-chair of the Open Government Partnership. What was once the beginning of a…