News Highlights
- New Zealand moves to embrace PSI Re-use and Open data
Take a close look: ‘NZ’s open data innovation successes and planning for the 21 st century’ - French Local Open Data Initiatives
LiberTIC has compiled a list of current French local open government data initiatives. - Helsinki Statistics Opened
The Helsinki Region Infoshare Project is the initiative to open up regional data in the Helsinki region. In a press release the release of the Helsinki Statistical Yearbook 2009 in re-usable formats has been announced. This is a major first step for this open government data initiative, by Forum Virium. - Adopt A Berlin Data Set
The German Open Data Network is looking for people to 'adopt' a data set in Berlin. The city of Berlin is organizing a competition starting in early September for the development of exciting city apps. Interestingly enough the city itself does not reference open data or PSI in this, unlike what seems to be the norm for other 'Apps for Democracy' type competitions. - European Book Tells all about Spatial and Environmental Data
Dr Janssen’s unravelling of the EU legal framework for spatial and environmental data: an invaluable resource for policymakers, practitioners and academics
Meetings Highlights
- IGF5 Registration Opens
Online registration opens for the Internet Governance Forum 5 - Europe’s ICT 2010 Conference: Digitally Driven
Participate in the Networking Session 28 September 2010: ‘Governmental Linked Data’ - 1st Nordic Workshop on GIS and Health
Registration is Open Nordic GIS and Health 2010 – Dates: 13 -14 September 2010 - Government 2.0 Camp Berlin 2010
Moving Germany towards Open Gov and Open Data: Dates: 30 September and 1 October 2010 - ASEDIE announces meeting 3
ASEDIE announce meeting 3: ENCUENTRO ADMINISTRACION PUBLICA / ASEDIE - Everything Happens Somewhere
The NLPG & NSG Annual Conference and Exemplar Award Ceremony has been announced - Open Government Data Camp
The Open Knowledge Foundation has announced a major meeting on Open Government Data on November 18th and 19th in London, expecting representatives from 25 countries.
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- UK Law Commission conduct review of law relating to the public services ombudsmen
The UK Law Commission is conducting a review of the law relating to the public services ombudsmen. it has published a consultation paper, which contains detailed provisional proposals for reform. The consultation will run until 3rd December 2010. - Open Data Impact Study
Tim Davies has published the results of his MSc dissertation research into the impact of open government data. It is suggested reading for those interested in how Open Government Data can strengthen the public sphere. - Final Report on EC Economic Indicators Working Groups is Online
EC Economic Working Groups help prepare the way for new European research on the economic value of public sector information - Two French Data Catalogues This Fall
French Open Data is moving forward, with two data catalogues to be launched this fall. - Belgian Local E-Gov Conference
The Belgian regional government of Flanders's e-government coordination unit (CORVE) has announced a meeting on local e-government in December. Rumors about this were already visible a few weeks ago, stating that it would also address the topic of open PSI. Tim "Raw Data Now!" Berners Lee is on the provisional program as 'to be confirmed'.