ODUG Membership Refresh
The Open Data User Group (ODUG) is about to kick-off for its third year with a refreshed membership. It’s important to me that I review the membership each year for a number of reasons. For example: being an ODUG member …
Reminder of EU Call for INSPIRE Facilitators – Closes 19/09/14
Although you may have missed the call for thematic clusters facilitators that the Joint Research Centre (JRC) published over the holidays there is still time to register an interest (but note the deadline for applying is the 19th September 2014). …
Realising Early Benefits: How local authorities in England are implementing INSPIRE and reaping the benefits
Like some central government departments that published their data to fulfil the requirements of the INSPIRE directive, local authorities in England are expected to do the same. If we learned anything from the central government departments that implemented INSPIRE earlier …
Revisiting the National Information Infrastructure - Workshop 1 [definition and scope]
Last year, in response to the two pronged approach to the publication of open data suggested in the Shakespeare review, the UK government launched a proposition to create a National Information Infrastructure (NII); containing the data held by Government which …
OpenDataCommunities re-launched with a new look and new features
OpenDataCommunities is all about helping you, the user, get the DCLG data you want, how you want, when you want. So over the last couple of months we’ve been working hard with our contractors Swirrl to redesign the site and …
Open Data and Business Engagement
The UK government has made huge progress in the last few years with our open data agenda, led by the Cabinet Office. We’re proud of, and grateful to, the number of interested parties who advise us, challenge us and hold …
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