based ▁international ▁N GO ▁that ▁develop s ▁civ ic ▁te ch ▁tools ▁including ▁They Work For You , ▁A lav et eli ▁and ▁Fix My St reet . ▁Stein berg ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁Prime ▁Minister ' s ▁Str ategy ▁Unit ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Stein berg ▁co - author ed ▁Open ▁source ▁methods ▁and ▁their ▁future ▁potential ▁which ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁principles ▁of ▁the ▁open ▁source ▁model ▁could ▁have ▁radical ▁imp lications ▁for ▁govern ments , ▁citizens ▁and ▁business es . ▁ ▁The ▁Power ▁of ▁Information : ▁An ▁Independent ▁Review ▁by ▁Ed ▁May o ▁and ▁Tom ▁Stein berg ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ; ▁as ▁was ▁the ▁official ▁government ▁response ▁to ▁it . ▁ ▁Stein berg ▁is ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁advis ers ▁for ▁Code ▁for ▁America . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁Stein berg ▁would ▁be ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁Government ' s ▁new ▁Trans par ency ▁Board , ▁which ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁established ▁to ▁promote ▁" gre ater ▁trans par ency ▁across ▁Government ". ▁He ▁res igned ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁quarter ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁Stein berg ▁describes ▁himself ▁as ▁' a ▁left - of - cent re ▁moder ate '. ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁at ▁the ▁request ▁of ▁Tom ▁Watson ▁MP , ▁he ▁published ▁the ▁policy ▁papers ▁he ▁had ▁written ▁for ▁both ▁Labour ▁and ▁Conserv ative ▁MP s