President Barack Obama speaks at a September 2014 meeting of the Open Government Partnership. (Pete Souza/White House) A leading international organization on open government may soon welcome state and local governments into its membership. The proposal is one of many the Open …

Open Gov Partnership mulls expanding membership to states Read more »

Devon’s lead official predicts a slump in interest before local government begins to use open data more widely Local government interest in open data is slipping away from its initial peak, but there is still immense potential for its use …

Open data is on down curve of hype cycle Read more »

NLGN report calls for creation of a digital programme, open data index and analytics hubs for local government Local government needs more formal structures to make the most of its data, with a digital programme for the sector and the …

Local government needs structure to exploit data Read more »