Cross-posted from the OpenAustralia Foundation blog by Henare Degan, OpenAustralia Foundation volunteer As you may have heard, the OpenAustralia Foundation is really close to launching a new site that makes Australian Freedom of Information requests really straightforward for ordinary people. The site also opens up the whole process of making Freedom of Information requests by […]
UK Government releases Open Data White Paper and new Data.Gov.uk
The UK Government has recently released its revamped open data site, Data.Gov.uk, and published its Open Data White Paper: Unleashing the Potential. According to Rufus Pollock of the Open Knowledge Foundation: The White Paper gestures at a world in which there is “presumption to publish” within government, and in which common standards and formats for […]
GovHack 2012 winners, UK Finch Group report, and UK GP data released
Local GovHack 2012 – winning mashups, data visualisations, and apps Global UK Finch Group report on expanding access to published research UK GP data released GovHack 2012 – winning mashups, data visualisations, and apps Over 40 great mashups, data visualisations, and apps were submitted for GovHack 2012. The major prizes went to the […]
Open Data Research meeting report, US Digital Government Strategy, and more news
Global Using Open Data workshop Open Data Research meeting report US Digital Government Strategy Open GLAM Obstacles to Opening Up Content and Data in the Cultural Heritage Sector OpenCorporates global lookup service Brazilian Government open data portal US access2research petition Local Copyright in databases in Australia guide GovHack 2012 reminder Using Open Data […]
New Australian Privacy Principles, the World Bank Open Access event materials, and other news
Global news World Bank Open Access event materials UK Open Data Institute launched European Commission announces its Google investigation concerns Local news New Australian Privacy Principles World Bank Open Access event materials The liveblog and video archive from the World Bank Open Access event are now available here. This includes useful answers to the […]
GovHack 2012, crowdsourced crisis mapping, and other news
Local news GovHack 2012 Crowdsourced crisis mapping Global news World Bank Open Access event Visualisations of Shakespeare plays CODATA conference GovHack 2012 GovHack 2012 challenges teams of programmers and designers to develop solutions to the problem of how government data can be better used to benefit the Australian public. There are prizes and grants worth […]
Melbourne Cycle Map Hackfest
We are pleased to announce a series of evening hackfests (6-9pm, March 6th, 13th, 19th, 27th) to create an Open Bicycle Map of Melbourne with Open data mapping tools. We’ll need data geeks, cartographers, programmers, graphic designers, sysadmins and most importantly Melburnians to help us design and produce a beautiful paper map useful to all […]