If you’re living in the UK, it probably hasn’t escaped your attention that the Prime Minister Theresa May has put the wheels in motion for a UK General Election on June 8th. This means that an estimated 47 million UK
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Using mySociety’s APIs for #ge2017
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Trump Presidency Sees Spike in “Open Data Day” Events Across US Cities
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After a two-year decline in the number of “Open Data Day” events held in US cities, the Trump presidency has seen renewed interest in organizing the event, and given it new meaning. By Aaron Wytze It’s hard to say what first alarmed…
4 open data lessons from reporting the Panama Papers in Africa
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In March this year we reported how our open data team in Africa has rolled up its sleeves to find out how open data can change lives for the better on the continent. One of the projects supported was the…
How a Small Municipality Shows the Way with Open Data
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In 2014/2015 my colleague Frank and I worked with the Province of North-Holland and 9 municipalities in that province to position open data as a policy instrument: around specific local issues we woul…
The Cambrian News helps readers understand the attendance of their councillors
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We’d like to highlight a nice piece of data journalism from Ceredigion. Cambrian News reporter Caleb Spencer wanted to make the information on councillors’ attendance at meetings more accessible to his readers. He created a visualisation in CartoDB which breaks the…
What happened? Looking at the data behind the referendum
Tuesday 26th July, 18.30 – 20.30 CoopHQ, 1 Angel Meadows, Manchester M60 0AG At approximately 7am on Friday 24th June within the gothic splendour of the Great Hall, Manchester Town Hall, Jenny Watson, chairwomen of the Electoral Commission will step…
Panama Papers: Time to get on the front foot against corruption
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Today, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) will release a searchable database of over 200,000 companies, trusts, foundations and funds incorporated in 21 tax havens from Hong Kong to Nevada. This data reveals a network of offshore companies and…
The First Step: Collaboration and Democratization Around Information
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#OpenData changing conversations in and around Government ¶ There are great examples of success when the government opens data. Continue reading on Medium »
Personalized governing: Understanding and empowering residents with the help of data analytics
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The ever-growing volume of information created in today’s digital world opens up new opportunities for governments. Both local and federal government organizations can use data to learn more about their residents and collaborate with them to address community issues. Such…
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Using open data to stimulate new methods of human rights monitoring
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Open Schools Kenya, which uses data from multiple sources to map education institutions in the capital of Nairobi. The traditional strategy of monitoring human rights violations goes like this: Local and international human rights groups often focus on legal advocacy,…
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