Join us on our journey towards the next UK open government National Action Plan! We are kicking off with an event on 13 July (9.30am to 4pm) with Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office. The Open …
Cabinet Office is today opening nominations for the 2015 Open Government Awards. We want to recognise the reformers up and down the country that are helping make our government more open, accountable and responsive to citizens. This year’s theme is …
When we set out on a journey towards greater transparency, our focus was squarely on getting data out of government and into the hands of citizens. We worked with central government departments to support commitments set out in their Open …
Data is the backdrop to our lives, and we are growing more dependent on it every day. In our personal lives, location data connects us with restaurants, parks and events, while our to do lists and emails keep us on …
With Purdah rapidly approaching, and the current ODUG mandate finishing at the end of May, the time is ripe for a reflection on what lies ahead for the Open Data Agenda. I'm fresh from giving a keynote at a conference …
Please help map usage of Companies House, Land Registry, Met Office and Ordnance Survey data - and help inform improvements to make it more accessible and useful. As I’m sure many of you are aware, within the vast array of …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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