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This blog is no longer being updated.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.
Guidance: A very basic standard file format for data
We have talked before about some specialised ways in which to publish our data, especially Linked Data. However, we are mindful of Tim Berners-Lee’s advice to publish in “raw” form first, and then worry about additional means. These forms may …
New Open Government License
Today the UK Government has launched a new, more open licence under which people can use government information and data. The new Open Government Licence allows anyone - businesses, individuals, charities and community groups - to re-use public sector information …
Final Local Public Data Panel response to the Home Office consultation, Policing in the 21st Century
...reduction partnerships. Elected members of the police and crime panels charged with holding elected police and crime commissioners to account, and other local councillors and Members of Parliament. Businesses and...
Real Time Energy Data in Government Headquarters
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Local Spending Data Guidance
The Local Government Association has published a draft practitioners' guide, which offers concrete advice to councils on how they should follow the Local Public Data Panel's guidance in publishing their spending and salaries data. You can read and comment on …
Draft Local Public Data Panel response to the Home Office consultation, Policing in the 21st Century
...different groups. Members of the public seeking to understand and potentially act locally to tackle crime in their area. Developers and local community activists who will turn the published data...
Data.gov.uk releases Open Source code
Update 14/9/12: Please note that this module has not been used since 2010. For more information about the more recent data.gov.uk architecture see: http://data.gov.uk/blog/integrating-ckan-and-drupal
Data.gov.uk - site redesign
As you will no-doubt have noticed, data.gov.uk has today undergone a significant design update. The project team have been working on this new look-and-feel and refactoring our code for the last couple of months. We hope that you will now …
CLG opens up its books as all Departmental spending over £500 goes online
In a significant move towards transparency, accountability and openness, the Department for Communities and Local Government today published details on every item of Departmental spending on goods and services over £500 in 2009/10. This shows how £314 million of taxpayer …
Payments over £500 – balancing the public interest and commercial issues
Local Authorities across the country are preparing to release data on payments for goods and services over £500. Some have asked for assistance balancing the public interest and commercial confidentiality, in particular how the FOIA might work in this context …
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