This blog is now archived
This blog is now archived
This blog is no longer being updated. If you're interested in how we're using performance analysis and data science in government, read about it on the cross-government data blog.
If you open stuff up, good stuff happens
It’s almost a year since my first post on the DATA.GOV.UK blog, introducing Hampshire Hub - the local information system for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. A lot has happened since then, with the old web site being replaced …
Vague but exciting...
Hot on the heels of our Lambeth visit, the Transparency Team headed south-west to Devon. We were eager to see the impact of Devon’s anointment to the ODI Node Network and what open data means for a rural county. The …
Open data is like a box of chocolates
In November, the Transparency Team continued its tour across the UK with a visit to Cambridgeshire. Cambridgeshire Insight and district councils were recently awarded £122,000 from the Cabinet Office’s Release of Data Fund and they are using it to get …
INSPIRE Thematic Clusters collaboration platform
The Commission has today launched an INSPIRE thematic clusters platform which is aimed at data providers, implementers and users. The aim is to support INSPIRE implementation and maintenance by sharing experiences and best practices, raising questions and resolving issues. The 34 INSPIRE …
Release of Data Fund Update
This is an update on the projects which have been funded by the Release of Data Fund. It is wonderful to see how much data and capacity has already been realised from a relatively small fund through the creative proposals …
European Union Location Framework - questionnaire
The key objective of this survey is to collect information on the actual and foreseen use of location data related to energy policies. http://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/EULF_EnergyAndLocation
Call for proposals for the INSPIRE Conference and Geospatial World Forum 2015 - 25-29 May Lisbon, Portugal
The INSPIRE Conference and Geospatial World Forum 2015 will be jointly organised on 25-29 May 2015 in Lisbon, Portugal. The joint conference will carry the theme Convergence: Policies + Practices + Processes via PPP, which aim to address the need …
Call for participation on an EC INSPIRE MIG temporary sub-group on registers and registries
The Commission has called for experts from Member States to participate on a temporary sub group on registers and registries. Full details are here. An initial kick off meeting was held on Wednesday 19 November, but national experts are still …
Call for participation in an EC INSPIRE MIG temporary sub-group on download services for observation data
The Commission has called for experts from Member States to participate in a temporary sub-group on download services for observation data. Full details are here. Please contact the Commission directly if you wish to volunteer but please also let me know …
Developing an open data maturity model
Organisational change is an important aspect of becoming an open data publisher. Often the technical process of getting data published is actually the easiest step. But if users are to have reliable, ongoing access to data then organisations need to …
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