text: **3.6.6. Unprepared Public Administrators**
  
  It is undeniable that today, especially at the local level, most Public Administrators that should or 
  
  may contribute to open the public data held by their organizations still ignore, and sometimes 
  
  disdain, Open Data proposals, principles and practices. This happens for many reasons. We'll only 
  
  mention two of them that are quite common. They are interesting because, while being somewhat 
  
  related and sharing common origins, one is very hard to fix, the other, at least in comparison, very 
  
  easy. 
  
  To begin with, most of these administrators are people that, albeit very competent and committed to 
  
  their work, were not really trained to live with so much of what they perceive as "their" documents 
  
  and daily activities as Open Data implies regularly exposed to the public. This is true even among 
  
  administrators who are already well acquainted with mainstream "Web 2.0" practices. Many 
  
  officers who already have a regular presence on Facebook, Twitter or other social networks and 
  
  regularly use those platforms to discuss their work with their constituents feel diffident about Open 
  
  Data in the same measure as their colleagues who don't even use computers yet. A cultural barrier 
  
  like this requires both strong demand from citizens and detailed examples of how Open Data can be 