Fans of UK government open data were getting worried that the Cabinet Office’s enthusiasm for transparency was waning. (I wrote this a month ago.) Events of the last week suggest that all is not lost.…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: Simon Briscoe
Open data: re-engaging
Posted in Benefits of open data, Open Government, Posts from feeds, Transparency Tagged with: Cabinet Office, open data, open government, Simon Briscoe, Transparency
Open data and journalism
The relationship between open data and journalism is a complex one. No one questions the desirability of good journalism and the value of open data but both are under threat. British print circulation…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data Journalism, Journalism, Posts from feeds Tagged with: BBC, big data, journalism, Media, NII, ODI, OKFN, open data, Simon Briscoe
Who can we trust with #opendata in the UK?
The opendata landscape is complicated as Simon Briscoe has pointed out in his excellent map. However recently some of the players have disappeared as Giuseppe Solazzo explains and these are the groups like the Open Data User Group that in…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Posts from feeds Tagged with: Chief Data Officer (CDO), mapping, Mike Bracken, Nick Halliday, open data, Simon Briscoe, trust
The open data failures of the coalition and how it can be put right
A post by ODUG member Simon Briscoe with his thoughts on the Coalition and their delivery of the Open Data agenda. Read the full article here: http://www.statslife.org.uk/opinion/2292-the-open-data-failures-of-the-coalition-and-how-it-can-be-put-right
Posted in Benefits of open data, Posts from feeds, Transparency Tagged with: Coalition, failures, ODUG, open data, Simon Briscoe
Open data “map” of UK
“Which parts of the public sector are battling to open up data – or resisting it – in the UK? There are so many moving parts it’s hard to say, really. So, I have produced this “map” to set out…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Smart communities, Transparency, Visualising data Tagged with: data publishers, data users, mapping, obstacles, ODUG, open data, public sector, Simon Briscoe