The Scottish Government has provided a further boost for the public sector’s provision of open data with the release of a resource pack to support the effort. It follows the publication of an Open Data Strategy in February, which is aimed at …
Today is significant in the global open data movement. Four years ago, Kenya stepped forward as a highly visible, early leader in open data when its president launched the Kenya Open Data Portal (KODI) — the first sub-Saharan nation to …
Kenya, an Early Open Data Adopter, Renews Its Global Leadership Read more »
Five years ago, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made participation in Canada’s constitutionally mandated long-form census voluntary. The consequences of not requiring people to fill out the country’s National Household Survey are becoming increasingly clear, and they’re not good: Canadian citizens, reporters, businesses …
Data On Canada Is Drying Up Since The Nation Scrapped Its Mandatory Long-Form Census Read more »
Full functionality is now offered on pages of federal government services, including TSA Checkpoints, national parks, and other federal government “B2C” services. We are excited to announce that Yelp has concluded an agreement with the federal government that will allow …
GODAN will be participating actively in discussions at the AODC and will be leading the Agriculture and Nutrition Track on Saturday September 5. The conference represents a valuable opportunity for GODAN partners to shape the focus of our activities in …
Africa Open Data Conference (AODC), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, September 2 – 5 Read more »
PayPal and the U.S. Department of Commerce have partnered to bolster exports with open data. In a joint blog post on Aug. 10, Commerce’s Chief Data Officer Ian Kalin announced that the e-commerce site PayPal had committed to sharing data …
PayPal, Commerce to Share U.S. Export Data for Economic Growth Read more »
The week of August 10, 2015 was quite an interesting week in public sector news, especially in regard to education. A story about child geniuses destined for careers in cybersecurity is particularly noteworthy. And a passionate argument about data in …
Public Sector News: Utilizing data and social media for public benefits Read more »
Saturday morning marked the official launch of the #openaus hashtag, a place for ongoing discussion of financial and political transparency as it relates to open data. The chat was an opportunity to share a proposed change to the Corporations Act …
The internet is often hailed for its promise and role played in political change. Now anyone can blog or Tweet. Social media has played a major role in democratic uprisings around the world and ending political careers domestically. Likewise, open …
In order to provide health services to citizens the public health sector is required to collect rich and varied data pertaining to all aspects of the sector – everything from location of pharmacies, to what is in our prescriptions drugs, …
Saludos – health and open data in Uruguay and Argentina Read more »