1) Bibliographic data
Slaughter, Anne-Marie (2000), “Virtual Visibility: Secretive Global Technocrats become Accountable on the World Wide Web,” Foreign Policy, V121: 84-85.

2) Question(s) addressed by the author and working arguments
How can the individuals and organization subject to regulation rein in the regulators?
How can we regulate the regulators?
Networks are the organizational charts of choice for the information age. Government networks are fast, flexible, cheap, and effective. They are also decentralized, thus avoiding the creation of more bureaucracy on top of already bloated national structures.
Access and control over information has become a crucial component of government power. They wield more power than domestic agencies because they can develop rules on a global scale.
Web site serves as a clearinghouse for the dissemination for information and the coordination of activities; for those outside the network, the web site creates a public face. Transparency requirements will be foremost on the agenda: sites may eventually include records of meetings held an issues discussed and decided, as well as calendars of upcoming projects.

3) Conceptual references to transnational-transnationalism
Transnational Networks, Media.

4) Conclusions or Final Remarks
The web sites of government networks allow those who would be in charge –voters, legislatures, regulated entities- to begin asserting control. They need not be silent observers or passive consumers of information; rather, they can become active participants in the formulation and implementation of global governance.