At the request of the Dutch Ministry for Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations the Dutch research institute has published a report on Open Government policies. In the report the current situation in six countries (US, UK, Australia, Denmark, Spain and Estonia) is compared, and recommendations are made for Dutch policies on Open Government. Open government [...]

A new website allows users to download public government information, which they can both consult and incorporate when creating services

The Government of Catalonia launched the Dades Obertes gencat website, which will allow users to access a wide variety of public information provided by the Government of Catalonia. This new web portal is part of the Government of Catalonia’s Open Data Project, an initiative which concretizes the Government’s commitment to open government and transparent administration.

Data.gov.uk has become one of the finest national open data initiatives in the world – it now has more data than the mighty data.gov in the US, with 4,223 datasets, compared to 2,876 over the Atlantic. It’s not perfect – far too many links take you to front pages on other sites, rather than the [...]

Advised by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt and others, government is opening up data for reuse. This site seeks to give a way into the wealth of government data and is under constant development. We want to work with you to make it better. We’re very aware that there are more people like [...]

ACM (USACM) Recommendations on Open Government Computing and networking technology has made it easier than ever before for organizations and individuals to share, analyze and understand large bodies of information. Government agencies and legislators have long recognized the value of the Internet, having helped to create it, and share a strong commitment to providing for [...]

Mayor Newsom Announces New Open Data Legislation To Improve Government Transparency And Accountability Through Technology First APPNation Conference highlights San Francisco as center of fast-growing app economy 9/13/2010- Mayor Gavin Newsom today joined regional and national app developers at the inaugural APPNation Conference to announce new open data legislation. The new “OpenGov” legislation aims to [...]

Open Data Maturity Model

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Hillingdon Council has entered to open data areana and provides (or will provide) data sets on  in a variety of formats as they become available: Community and living Download data on CCTV, grit bins, recycling, Citizen Advice offices, in a variety of formats. Council and democracy Data for download on local wards amd constituencies, and [...]

Mission Statement We are a citizen initiative that promotes open access to civic information for the region of Montreal. We believe open access to civic information and data increases civic engagement, makes services more accessible, and creates opportunities for innovation. Through this space we hope to initiate and sustain a productive dialogue on open access [...]

Make it Local aims to encourage collaboration between local authorities and digital media developers, to provide innovative, web-based services for their communities. Make it Local is encouraging local authorities to release publicly-owned data in a linked way which allows developers an opportunity to build new services using the information. Local authorities hold significant amounts of [...]

Congrelate lets you view, sort, filter and share information about members of Congress and their districts. We’ve brought data from Congress, the Census, OpenSecrets, GovTrack and more into a single place, to see the data and how it relates. For instance: check out who got the most money from tobacco companies in 2008, the top [...]

Open Data, Open Society : a research project about openness of public data in EU local administrations The project has three main phases. The first part will produce a report that discusses the role of fully accessible and reusable digital raw data in a truly open society, based on examples both from the European Union [...]

The Public Sector Transparency Board, which was established by the Prime Minister, met yesterday for the first time. The Board will drive forward the Government’s transparency agenda, making it a core part of all government business and ensuring that all Whitehall departments meet the new tight deadlines set for releasing key public datasets. In addition, [...]

The latest open data release from the British government details how £12m was spent planning and designing NHS.uk, and how uktradeinterest.gov.uk costs £9.78 per visit. Figures from the Central Office of Information – today released as a summary and downloadable spreadsheet by the Guardian’s Datablog – show how £126m is funneled into 46 government websites, [...]

The idea behind open data is that information held by the government and local authorities should be freely available to use and re-mix by the public. The Council has agreed to the development of a Sutton Open Data area on our website. Its purpose is to: 1. Make all data we hold available online (unless [...]

Minister Eurlings en staatssecretaris Huizinga van Verkeer en Waterstaat willen dat reizigers vanaf 2015 overal en altijd kunnen beschikken over actuele, landsdekkende reisinformatie. Ook tijdens de reis moeten reizigers actuele informatie over de tijd en route kunnen ontvangen. Dat schrijven zij in een brief aan de Tweede Kamer over de Aanpak Multimodale Reisinformatie. Momenteel is [...]

Maine.gov DataShare provides easy access to public data to increase government transparency and encourage public participation and collaboration in government. DataShare provides a catalog of public data that includes access to “raw” data in CSV (comma-separated) and/or KML formats. Datasets are searchable by category, agency, and keywords. Once in the catalog, click on the name [...]

The European Commission have launched a new Digital Agenda for Europe – A new action plan for making the “best use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to speed up economic recovery and lay the foundations of a sustainable digital future”. Key points: The Agenda outlines seven priority areas for action: – creating a Digital [...]

ColoradoOpenData.org has just been launched. The new site says that it draws from the experience of data.gov.uk and data.gov, and is organized by Colorado Smart Communities, a group dedicated to transforming Colorado government through the use of technology. The site aims to be a clearinghouse of government data and applications, and includes references to a [...]