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Quality data = bigger savings
Last month’s post on how open data is a major factor of economic growth was an important analysis of the wider debate on the impact open data has on governance. Worldwide, businesses and public bodies..

August 24, 2012

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OGP: Is the right to information being taken seriously?
The OGP has quickly become the leading global movement for promoting government openness. So it might seem odd to ask whether something as central to openness as the right to information (RTI or freed..

August 14, 2012

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Open Government Promises, Progress, and Flagship Projects
TreeMendelBlog.png President Obama launched his term with grand hopes and big initiatives. Of the many promises that he campaigned on, one of them was, of course, th..

August 7, 2012

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OGP Developments in Croatia – A Non-Governmental Actor’s View
Since Croatia applied to join the OGP in 2011 when the then government was more focused on parliamentary elections than on plans for the future, OGP related activities were run by enthusiasts from civ..

August 2, 2012

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How open is the UK’s open government strategy?
  All UK Government departments produced an open data strategy in June – alongside the Cabinet Office’s Open Data White Paper – pledging themselves to big releases of datasets and innovative open dat..

July 26, 2012

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Bulgaria shows progress on open governance commitments
A month ago the Bulgarian cabinet voted in a 33 point action plan for achieving open governance. The main goals of this plan are financial transparency, public registry improvement, public consultatio..

July 26, 2012

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What model for the south?
A snap survey conducted by Local Interventions Group in Kavre district of Nepal predictably reveals that in average 87% of the public are unaware of the money that the government is spending in thei..

July 23, 2012

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Open data and economic growth: which link, if any?
One of our Facebook followers, Paul Beentjes, posted on our page: You hear this a lot these days: "Open data is a driver of economic growth". But how can you explain this? True, the link is not al..

July 21, 2012

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Open legislation: public consultation stages around the world
4458527284_21d7409410_b.jpg   The British public could be given direct input into all new legislation if Government proposals published last week come into effect. ..

July 18, 2012

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The Open week in review
Photo credit: Whole Earth by NASA on The Commons via Flickr This week, hundreds of open data enthusiasts descended upon Washington DC as the World Bank Open Data Initiative and the Open Development ..

July 14, 2012

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3rd Samos Summit 2012: “Open Data and Interoperability for Governance, Industry and Society”
More than 80 high-level ICT experts and decision makers from 20 countries participated in the international Samos 2012 Summit on Open Data and Interoperability for Governance, Industry and Society, ..

July 13, 2012

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Unleashing the Potential – the UK Open Data White Paper
The British Government has just published Unleashing the Potential - the Open Data White Paper [PDF]. It is the culmination of a two-year programme to put transparency and participation at the centre ..

July 12, 2012

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