Europa Press Releases: Digital Agenda: Turning government data into gold
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 13:04
“The [European Commission's Open Data Strategy for Europe is] to lift performance EU-wide is three-fold: firstly the Commission will lead by example, opening its vaults of information to the public for free through a new data portal. Secondly, a level …
Computer Weekly: Government to launch a Public Data Corporation
Thursday, 13 January 2011, 14:42
"The government is to create a Public Data Corporation to bring together public bodies and house datasets to be made available to the public and for commercial use."
Ordnance Survey Blog: Changes to the OS OpenData licence
Thursday, 6 January 2011, 12:41
"From today, anyone who visits the OS OpenData site, where they can download a wide range of Ordnance Survey mapping for free, will notice something a little different. That’s because we’ve incorporated the Open Government Licence, the new gov…
This We Know: Explore U.S. Government Data About Your Community
Sunday, 6 September 2009, 20:44
"Our mission is to present the information the U.S. government collects about every community. By publishing this data in an easy to understand and consistent manner, we seek to empower citizens to act on what's known."
Design Issues: Putting Government Data online
Thursday, 25 June 2009, 17:22
Tim Berners-Lee: "Government data is being put online to increase accountability, contribute valuable information about the world, and to enable government, the country, and the world to function more efficiently. All of these purposes are served by putting the information on the Web as Linked Data. Start with the "low-hanging fruit". Whatever else, the raw data should be made available as soon as possible."
Design Issues: Putting Government Data online
Thursday, 25 June 2009, 17:22
Tim Berners-Lee: "Government data is being put online to increase accountability, contribute valuable information about the world, and to enable government, the country, and the world to function more efficiently. All of these purposes are served by putting the information on the Web as Linked Data. Start with the "low-hanging fruit". Whatever else, the raw data should be made available as soon as possible."
Observer: Parliament’s transparency trick puts raw data out of easy reach
Thursday, 25 June 2009, 11:17
John Naughton: "[Why] should we have to exercise arcane technical skills in order to get at public data? As one US expert put it, "converting PDF to XML [ie web format] is a bit like converting hamburgers back into cows". We'd like the cows, please. After all, we paid for their upkeep. Why can't all official numerical data be published in internet-friendly formats? That's what the Obama administration is now doing. And it's what the UK government would be doing if Gordon Brown's commitment to "transparency" was anything other than an expedient gimmick. This isn't just a matter for techies; it's about the health of our democracy in a networked age."
Press Gazette: Government cuts 30-year rule and looks to extend FoI
Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 14:26
"Gordon Brown said today that he had asked internet guru Sir Tim Berners-Lee to 'help us drive the opening up of access to government data on the web'. He also said that justice secretary Jack Straw was considering whether the scope of the Freedom of Information Act should be extended to further bodies which spend public money."
ReadWriteWeb: Data.gov Now Live; Looks Nice But Short on Data
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 23:25
"The long awaited catalog of public data from the US government launched this morning at Data.gov. Developers, watchdogs and data nerds around the world rejoiced – but the initial offering is a bit of a let down."
Official Google Blog: Adding search power to public data
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 06:46
"We just launched a new search feature that makes it easy to find and compare public data … Since Google's acquisition of Trendalyzer two years ago, we have been working on creating a new service that make lots of data instantly available for intuitive, visual exploration. Today's launch is a first step in that direction."
ReadWriteWeb: Google Begins to Make Public Data Searchable
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 22:11
"Google just announced its first foray into making public data searchable and viewable in graph form. The company is starting with population and unemployment data from around the US but promises to make far more data sets searchable in the future."
Puffbox.com: Guardian Data Store: threat to ONS or its saviour?
Thursday, 12 March 2009, 07:54
Simon Dickson calls on public sector bodies to do better at releasing their information, or risk letting the Guardian do it for them: "I'm simply warning of the uncomfortable position where an outside entity – indeed, in this case, one with an explicit political slant – becomes the gatekeeper to (supposedly) pure statistical data."
Power of Information Task Force: Unlocking the Power of Local Government Information
Friday, 10 October 2008, 17:47
"Having gathered some advice from colleagues, this is our draft recommendation for local councils wanting to follow a Power of Information approach"
Thursday, 19 June 2008, 18:48
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"New guidance will mean that there will be more crime mapping: a paper published by the Cabinet Office … notes … that ‘Police forces are due to provide standardised local information on crime, starting from Summer 2008 …’"
