California is opening up criminal justice data with a new initiative. On Wednesday, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris unveiled a new open data portal for the state, focusing solely on criminal justice. The tool consists of two components: a Dashboard…
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California Launches OpenJustice Initiative
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Port of Rotterdam preparing for annual World Port Hackaton
On September 4-5, the Port of Rotterdam is to hold the third edition of what has now become its annual World Port Hackaton. Hackers, programmers, stakeholders and enthusiasts are invited to attend the two-day event and join the teams. Together…
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Open Data: Privacy & Security
Civic hackers and open data are children of public-spirited and trusting Gen Xers in the same way that personal computers, open source software and the Internet were the children of altruistic and ingenuous Baby Boomers. Unfortunately, altruistic and trusting children…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Public safety, Quality of life, Resilience, Smart communities, Transparency Tagged with: Civic hacking, crime, DHMN Civic Hacks, ecosystem, knowledge, open data, privacy, responsibility, security, skill, trust
Digital Experience ‘Musts’: Why Open Source Matters to Government
Why OSS Matters to Government There are clear reasons why governments are putting increased attention on open source solutions. No Lock-in With OSS, governments maintain complete control of their applications and data. They are not locked into proprietary formats, feature…
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Jean Yang on Privacy
We recently contacted a few industry experts to share their opinions on a subject that matters to them. Featured on the blog today is Jean Yang — a final-year PhD student at MIT and Harvard alumnus. Her research interests include…
Posted in Posts from feeds, Smart communities, Transparency Tagged with: data, Data stories, Jean Yang, OKCupid, privacy, security, TheGoodData
Open Data is here so how do we do it securely?
Security and research information is a hot topic right now for a number of reasons, not least the transparency agenda and the desire, quite rightly, to be as open as possible about data relating to the conditions and outcomes of…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Public safety, Transparency Tagged with: CIO, Cliff Stoll, clinical health, Clinical Research, Clinical Research Systems, data visualisation, Governance Frameworks, IG Tool Kit, Informatics, Information Governance, Information Security, Information Systems, InfoSec, IT, National Institute For Health Research, open data, policing, research, Reverse Adage, Richard Corbridge, security, SIRO, The Cuckoo’s Egg, Transparency