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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 …
Open Data User Group (ODUG) Annual Membership Refresh: call for applications
The Open Data User Group (ODUG) has had a busy second year during which we have evidenced solid demand for open data via the data request process on data.gov.uk, continued to press for the open release of key datasets highlighted …
Public servants, open data wants you! (We have free training vouchers)
Classic title, I know. And maybe one of the most abused slogans in history. But at least, it’s to the point: we’d like you to join in. Open data training vouchers are available for public servants across central and local government. …
New UK Location Metadata Editor Now Available
Data.gov.uk, Defra and EDINA are pleased to announce that a new UK Location Metadata Editor is now available at https://locationmde.data.gov.uk. The new UK Location Metadata Editor offers providers and publishers with a quick and easy way of creating and publishing …
Strengthening the National Information Infrastructure (NII)
Join the debate on Twitter at #UKNII In October 2013 the Government published the first iteration of the National Information Infrastructure (NII) intended to ‘contain the data held by the Government which is likely to have the broadest and most …
ODUG Benefits Case - The case for the release of an authoritative GP dataset
The context Health organisations generate vast amounts of data, some of which can provide both health professionals and the general public with insights that can inform their choices. The great majority of this data is very useful at an aggregate …
Local Authorities as Case Studies for Research on Open Data
I am a researcher at the University of Southampton, doing a PhD into Open Data and Democracy in UK Local Authorities and I am looking for case studies. I am already working closely with a few authorities such as Windsor and …
Funding Agreed for Important New Open Data Projects
The second Release of Data Fund (RoDF) funding round has agreed funding for six new projects. These include assistance to help the Environment Agency release its Flood Data and a new initiative to push forward the delivery of fully Open …
UK INSPIRE Monitoring Indicators Report 2014
In line with the monitoring and reporting requirements of the INSPIRE Directive the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs has recently submitted the UK’s annual INSPIRE Monitoring Indicators Report to the Commission. The 2014 report (http://data.gov.uk/dataset/uk-2013-inspire-monitoring-indicators-report) covers the calendar year …
Fixing broken data links
In February this year, the Cabinet Office Transparency Team started to tackle the problem of broken links on data.gov.uk. These are links to data files listed on data.gov.uk that give an error when you click to download them. The public …
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