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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.
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02/09/2010 |
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EC Economic Working Groups help prepare the way for new European research on the economic value of public sector information
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31/08/2010 |
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French Open Data is moving forward, with two data catalogues to be launched this fall.
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30/08/2010 |
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Dr Janssen’s unravelling of the EU legal framework for spatial and environmental data: an invaluable resource for policymakers, practitioners and academics
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25/08/2010 |
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Book published: July 2010. Publisher: Sydney University Press
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25/08/2010 |
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A study by Forsa / SAS amongst slightly more than 1000 German citizens shows overwhelming support for opening up government data.
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24/08/2010 |
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LiberTIC has compiled a list of current French local open government data initiatives.
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24/08/2010 |
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The HUMBOLDT Open Day will take place on 28th September 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal, hosted by the Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP). The program is organised by the consortium of the HUMBOLDT project in cooperation with the VESTA-GIS project.
The program of the day is about the demonstration of the feasibility and advantages of Spatial Data Infrastructures based on software tools and processes for data harmonisation.
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23/08/2010 |
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The JRC has recently published an "Invitation to Tender" for the "development of the technical components of the INSPIRE Geo-portal at European Union level "
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23/08/2010 |
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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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21/08/2010 |
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"State Secretary Eric Pickles turns the spotlight on spending firmly on his own department as details of how £314 million of taxpayer money was spent by the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) last year are published for the first time."
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21/08/2010 |
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Inside of two weeks Regards Citoyens was able to compile a list of 16.860 names of lobbyists from 1100 documents from the French Parliament. This huge task was completed by crowd sourcing it, with the help of 3214 of volunteers identifying at least one name from the documents. The launch of the crowd sourcing was on August 4th. Twelve days later is has been completed.
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20/08/2010 |
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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.
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20/08/2010 |
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The Norwegian Ministry for Culture has released the so-called Sports Index, containing over 60.000 sports facilities, as raw data.
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20/08/2010 |
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Web Developers’ Perspectives
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18/08/2010 |
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Now the investigation! Map, Property, Legal and Business Directory Data
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17/08/2010 |
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Just before the weekend the list of 17 finalists of the Apps for Climate Action have been announced. Until August 29th the public can vote on the best apps. The Apps4ClimateAction (A4CA) is an initiative of the British Columbia government.
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16/08/2010 |
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Take a close look: ‘NZ’s open data innovation successes and planning for the 21st century’
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15/08/2010 |
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Information Technology is the Power Engine of Smarter Cities
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15/08/2010 |
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European Public Sector Information Platform Topic Report no. 15 (published 13 August 2010)
Author: Keitha Booth, New Zealand State Services Commission
This report summarises the key features of New Zealand’s information policy environment and then describes the significant progress that has been made towards opening up New Zealand’s non-personal public sector information (PSI) for greater access and re-use.
- New Zealand moves to embrace PSI Re-use and Open data (pdf) (word)
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15/08/2010 |
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Government 2.0 action plan endorsed by all departmental secretaries and Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police.
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14/08/2010 |
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Aporta Video Interviews Online: Aitor García, Pro Bono Publico and Amalia Velasco, Spanish Cadastre
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14/08/2010 |
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With more and more Linked Data becoming available, tools are emerging to give more people a way of working with that linked data.
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13/08/2010 |
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NZGOAL is an open access and open licensing framework that promotes the release for re-use of non-personal copyright works and non-copyright material held by State Services agencies.
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13/08/2010 |
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Swedish eGovernment Delegation making it easier to find government information
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12/08/2010 |
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Manchester, August 12th
Two new mobile applications around public transport data have been built by teenagers in Manchester within days of the release of the underlying data.
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12/08/2010 |
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Focusing on realisation of EU INSPIRE Directive in South East Europe
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11/08/2010 |
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E-sprawiedliwość już w polskiej wersji
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11/08/2010 |
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The University of East Anglia will receive JISC funding to open up their research data concerning climate change. The project will run for a year starting this month.
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11/08/2010 |
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Research shows that significant value is created in local public service delivery with geo-spatial information. For England and Wales, this resulted approximately in a higher GDP of 322 million pounds.
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11/08/2010 |
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Polish Community Express Strong Concerns and Want Effective Legislation
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10/08/2010 |
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Assessing the Potential of Creating Open Government Data Initiatives in Chile, Ghana and Turkey
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10/08/2010 |
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Overcoming Resistance and Barriers to Access
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10/08/2010 |
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Spanish Council of Ministers Approve “Strategy Plan 2011-2015 Avanza 2"
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09/08/2010 |
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The French group Regards Citoyens launches a crowd sourcing initiative to identify some 15.000 lobbyists who had meetings with members of parliament.
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09/08/2010 |
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A survey in the UK of 1000 people reveals a lot of untapped potential for open PSI.
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09/08/2010 |
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Open Data and Open Government are on the Spanish Agenda
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08/08/2010 |
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Proyecto Aporta publishes Videos of Roundtable One: PSI Meeting 2010
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08/08/2010 |
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Montreal saw the launch of a Citizen's Initiative to organize efforts to bring Open Data to that city.
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07/08/2010 |
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Researchers planning to use raw data just released by the Afghanistan Government
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05/08/2010 |
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