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 »
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 »
Building a business based on open data may seem counterintuitive, but new models are emerging with greater frequency and demonstrating how to integrate open data into a business operation in a useful and profitable manner. Identifying the type of open …
Open data businesses – an oxymoron or a new model? Read more »
Cities take top honors this week: Berkeley launches an open data portal, Mesa gets on board the What Works Cities initiative, and NYC grabs the spotlight again. Globally, can open data shed light on the multinationals? Live! Berkeley’s New Open …
Civic Awesome: Open Data in the News for the Week of August 10, 2015 Read more »
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Efforts to bring open data into, well, the open have touched off widespread discussion as to just where the use of the information is headed, and whether there is a need for expanded oversight and state legislation. …
Apps using open data to solve civic problems were showcased at Census Bureau demo day.
12 August 2015 | I often attend many meetings and the first questions I get asked is what is open data? And what is Leeds Data Mill? Hopefully, this short article will help answer these questions. Open data is the …
This new in-depth report by Thomson Reuters raises the immense issue of how the world will feed the 9 billion people, or more, that are predicted to inhabit the planet by 2050. Featuring the USDA Under Secretary and Chief …
Chemists must embrace open data to allow us to collectively get the best out of the masses of new knowledge we unearth, reports Clare Sansom