Rotterdam Open Data Rotterdam Open Data is een initiatief van de Hogeschool Rotterdam, bedrijven uit de Rotterdamse creatieve industrie en de gemeente Rotterdam. Rotterdam Open Data staat voor het toegankelijk en inzichtelijk maken van informatie van, over en voor de stad Rotterdam. De overheid en dus ook de gemeente Rotterdam heeft veel informatie, deze informatie [...]

Rotterdam Open Data Rotterdam Open Data is een initiatief waarin Hogeschool Rotterdam, Rotterdamse bedrijven en de Gemeente Rotterdam gezamenlijk gestalte gaan geven aan het toegankelijk en inzichtelijk maken van informatie van, over en voor de stad Rotterdam. Omdat we geloven dat dit bijdraagt aan de vrijheid van Rotterdammers om informatie te krijgen om keuzen te maken, omdat het de verbondenheid die Rotterdammers met [...]

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.

Manchester City Council is the latest local authority to publish open data on its web site. The information, including locations of libraries, recycling sites, banks and open spaces, is available in a range of file formats. Offered under an Open Government Licence, Manchester’s data has a range of applications – for example KML file data [...]

November 1st, 2010 The following guest post is from David Eaves who is the founder of datadotgc.ca and a member of the OKF’s Working Group on Open Government Data. The post originally appeared on eaves.ca. Let’s do it. Last summer, I met Pedro Markun and Daniela Silva at the Mozilla Summit. During the conversation – [...]

Over dit project: Dit project over open data was uitgevoerd door James Burke en Ton Zijlstra voor Ministerie Binnenlandse Zaken. Voor belangstellenden uit de maatschappij om een indruk te krijgen van de huidige stand van zaken t.a.v. open data bij de overheid, en om inzicht te krijgen in de vragen waarvoor de overheid zich gesteld [...]

May 05, 2010 “Participation, Collaboration and Transformation” to be the expo’s theme. The Gov 2.0 Expo, the government and technology conference co-produced by UBM TechWeb and O’Reilly Media, will bring key figures of The White House, NASA, The Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services, and the Central Intelligence Agency together to discuss the [...]

OpenGovData.ru – это некоммерческий проект посвящённый доступности информации раскрываемой государством для его граждан. OpenGovData.ru – Is een non-profit project gewijd aan de beschikbaarheid van informatie verstrekt door de overheid voor haar burgers. Het is geen geheim dat heel vaak, ondanks de vereiste wetgeving en bevestigt de beschikbaarheid van informatie, in feite, vinden het moeilijk of [...]

Welkom op www.ruimtelijkeplannen.nl Deze website www.ruimtelijkeplannen.nl ontsluit ruimtelijke plannen, zoals bestemmingsplannen, structuurvisies en algemene regels die afkomstig zijn van gemeenten, provincies en het rijk. Op deze website zullen op termijn alle ruimtelijke ordeningsplannen beschikbaar komen voor iedereen. Vanaf 1 januari 2010 zijn de digitale verplichtingen van de Wet ruimtelijke ordening in werking getreden. Vanaf deze [...]

In the age of the Internet, government is transparent only when public information is available online. The Public Online Information Act (POIA) is legislation, introduced by Rep. Steve Israel, that embraces a new formula for transparency: public equals online. No longer will antiquated government disclosure practices bury public information in out-of-the-way offices and in outmoded [...]

City explores sharing data TECHIES: The plan could tap citizen ingenuityLondoners may get cash for telling city hall a better way to use the  data bureaucrats collect at taxpayer expense. City officials will recommend a plan later this year to engage the  ingenuity of citizens and the private sector by sharing with them data  they [...]

The Community Health Data Initiative is a major new public-private  effort that aims to help Americans understand health and health care  performance in their communities — and to help spark and facilitate  action to improve performance. The fundamental approach being  taken by the initiative is to catalyze the advent of a network of  community health [...]

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 [...]

Source: Open Data Berlin The City of Berlin is polling its citizens about the themes they should release PSI as open data for first. Preliminary results (the poll itself will run until the end of October) have now been published. Berlin, 12 October 2010 At the end of September the city of Berlin opened up [...]

The UK government has announced plans to open up its data for the first time, offering a wealth of new information and news leads for national and local journalists. In a letter from David Cameron to all government departments, the Prime Minister set out a series of datasets and deadlines for their release, including new [...]

The City of Edmonton Open Data catalogue increases the accessibility of public data managed by the City. As part of an initiative to improve the accessibility, transparency, and accountability of City government, this catalogue provides access to City managed data sets in machine-readable formats. Datasets can be filtered by date, keyword or category using the [...]

Vervuilingsalarm is een van de twee voorbeelden die we in het kader van open overheidsdata hebben gemaakt. Om te laten zien hoe data herbruikbaar kan worden gemaakt, en om te laten zien hoe die herbruikbare data vervolgens kan worden toegepast.

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 [...]