The Open Data movement and the Right to Information movement have many shared aims. The potential for benefit to citizens if these two groups collaborate effectively is significant. In this post, the Web Foundation’s Open Data Research lead, Savita Bailur, …
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GODAN had a significant presence at the recent 3rd International Open Data Conference (IODC) in Ottawa (May 28-29), when a real buzz was generated around discussion of current developments in open data in the agriculture and nutrition sectors. The event …
Now that the Web Foundation team is back from the 3rd Annual International Open Data Conference in Ottawa (and recovered from our participation in eight side events and 11 conference sessions), we’ve compared notes and are ready to share some …
From Ottawa to the world: opening our thoughts, processes, standards and data Read more »
Today sees the release of a landmark report into the UK’s surveillance regime, by David Anderson QC. Here, the World Wide Web Foundation, which was established by Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, provides an initial response: Renata Avila, Campaign Manager …
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Gathering at its San Francisco headquarters June 10, the civic innovation group Code for America (CfA) showcased a lineup of latest apps and efforts for eight localities in 2015. Tagged as its BETA event, the meeting provided a status update …
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An opinionated guide to the craft of data visualisation Tuesday 30th June 6.30pm – 8.30pm Spaceport X 1st Floor 24-26 Lever Street Manchester M1 1DZ More details and directions here Sign up on Eventbrite here Don’t let Excel’s default settings …
According to the British Heart Foundation: a cardiac arrest happens when your heart stops pumping blood around your body. If someone has suddenly collapsed, is not breathing normally and is unresponsive, they are in cardiac arrest. The most common cause …
To take advantage of the next chapter in open data and data-driven strategy, numerous localities unveiled plans on June 9 to test out a new kind of data platform — one that leverages both open and internal data similar to …
NuCivic provide full-service open source software-as-a-service (“OpenSaaS”) solutions to public sector institutions around the world and are the lead developers of the open source open data platform DKAN and its full-service cloud offering NuCivic Data. From headquarters in New York City and …
Burkina Faso is now launching its new new Burkina Open Data Initiative (BODI) in the nation’s capital Ouagadougou. The initiative aims to grow its existing 50 open government datasets to develop a full version launching in September. The datasets already include details …
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