Central to OGP is the belief that “good ideas come from everywhere” and we at ONE could not agree more. Our Follow the Money website provides a centralized place to highlight stories about how citizens are successfully using open data…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: Follow The Money
ONE’s Follow the Money Website: Showcasing Open Data Success Stories
Posted in Benefits of open data, Greater efficiency, Informing Decision-making, Open Government, Posts from feeds, Saving money, Transparency Tagged with: accountability, Data stories, Follow The Money, Government, Joseph Kraus, ONE, ONE Campaign, open data, open government, Open Government Partnership, Transparency
Open Government – A joke and an ad
Open government doesn’t really lend itself to humour and it’s difficult to see the comedy material in improved public services, oversight and accountability. The best joke I’ve heard on the topic (unfortunately, UK specific) goes something like this: In the…
Extractives remediation & public health — open data advocacy in Nigeria
Following a recent lead poisoning epidemic in the Zamfara State of Northern Nigeria — the result of the local artisanal gold mining operations — local non-profit organisation Follow The Money took immediate action against their corrupt local government who they…
Posted in Aid, Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Open Government, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Public safety, Resilience, Saving money, Transparency Tagged with: advocacy, Aid, Bagega, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), extractive industries, Follow The Money, funds, gold, lead poisoning, Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), mining, Nigeria, OKFN, Oludotun Babayemi, open data, Open Data Handbook, pollution, Rahul Ghosh, remediation, SaveBagega, TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering, treatment, UNICEF