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• in Technology
  Open Data/Open Government Tools
  Open data and open government invariably make people ask questions. How much money does it save? Where is it located? What is it doing?
  by csedev / on Jul 4, 2011
• in Technology
  Open Government is Dead, or Long Live Open Government?
  To judge from recent U.S. news reports, open government is either thriving or in the midst of an unceremonious death.
  by csedev / on Jun 27, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “open government”

 

• G8 countries must work harder to open up essential data

  
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  PRESS RELEASE. Cambridge, UK, 14th June 2013. Also available in Chinese, German, Russian, Spanish and other languages here . Open data and transparency will be one of the three main topics at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland next week. Today transparency campaigners released preview results from the global Open ...
  5 days ago

• CKAN API: Open Data In The Hands of The Masses

  
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  An independent, open source platform aimed at making it easier for governments and businesses to publish open data has released a new version of their API. The CKAN API allows access to catalog listings of open datasets, full-text searches, and sharing of statistics on open data usage. While several governments are ...
  6 days ago

• VIDEO: Breaking News Headlines: Inspector of Collapsed Philadelphia Building Commits Suicide: Reports

  
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  Post at TOBIASRENFROE.COM Inspector of collapsed Philadelphia building commits suicide: reports. Threatening weather halts play at US Open. Turkish Leader Gives ‘Final’ Warning to Park Protesters ...
  6 days ago

• Civil society engagement in G20.. and OGP as well?

  
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  With the chair of the G20 coming our way in September, welcome news yesterday that the Government is establishing the Australian Civil Society 20 (C20) Steering Group: The Australian Government is strongly committed to ensuring that G20 deliberations in Australia next year are fully informed by the expertise ...
  6 days ago

• Australia, international relations and the OGP

  
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  Back in February I mentioned Samantha Power senior director for multilateral affairs and human rights in the White House had said President Obama has a personal interest in the Open Government Partnership initiative, having launched it in the UN General Assembly in 2011. Powers said at the time President ...
  1 week ago

• Announcing the Global Open Data Initiative

  
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  The Global Open Data Initiative (GODI) is a new initiative led by Fundar , Sunlight Foundation , World Wide Web Foundation , The Open Institute and Open Knowledge Foundation to share principles and resources for governments and societies on how to best harness the opportunities created by opening government data. ...
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• Fast Eddie Snowden!

  
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   Powered by Max Banner Ads Universal Exports was the cover company for James Bond as he skulled around for ”M” in “You Only Live Twice”….about Sato Industries……..a company supposedly seeking a new...
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• Delaware Coalition For Open Government Helps Citizens Appeal FOIA Denials From DDOE And Markell Staffers

  
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  I hope the Women League of Voters is paying attention. They were in the hearing room last Tuesday during the shenanigans with  Chairman Scott shutting down the Vice Chair Kim Williams request for a legal opinion from the House attorney on her right to ask for information on the Charter School Law Revision ...
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• The Future of Civic Software Reuse?

  
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  On Thursday June 6th at the Personal Democracy Forum (an annual conference exploring technology’s influence on politics and government), New York City’s Comptroller John Liu announced that the code behind Checkbook NYC 2.0, the citys transparency spending web portal, had been open-sourced and made available ...
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   Powered by Max Banner Ads Matt Leslie for The Fullerton Rag As the days count down toward the June 15 close of escrow on property purchased by the County of Orange...
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• Data Privacy Fears Grow, Is Big Data Truth? and The Global Philanthropy Data Charter

  
  NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org blogs — Authority: 116
  This week data privacy fears abound, some Big Data myths are discussed and a Global Philanthropy Data Charter progresses. Students in San Francisco put big data to great use by mapping crime in San Francisco and a call for more empirical analysis of OGD initiatives goes out. read more
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• From PSI to open data – LAPSI is ready for a new round of legal questions

  
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  In February, 23 partners kicked off the LAPSI 2.0 thematic network on the legal aspects of public sector information in Leuven, Belgium. The network, consisting of academic institutions and stakeholders from 15 countries, will continue where the previous LAPSI network left off, and look at the remaining legal barriers ...
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• Recommendations for Stronger Zoning Data

  
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  Releasing zoning data is an important first step to developing a better public understanding about this local government process that impacts the most physical elements of neighborhoods. Having better standards for releasing this information could lead to even better understanding of zoning and its impacts, ...
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• Blevins SB 28 - Redistricting Reform - Heads To The House

  
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  There is a plan in the works to tweak the bill in the House to give a more bi-partisan balance to the Commission. (WBOC) reports ~ Del. Senate Approves Redistricting Reform DOVER , Del. (AP)- The state Senate has approved a bill taking direct control of legislative redistricting away from the ...
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• Google should disclose its political spending and leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

  
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  You can Google anything right? Well, try going to the search engine and entering “Google’s political spending.” You’ll get something like this: Ironically, the top result is Google’s “transparency policy.” As you can see, while we get a few results for the company’s direct lobbying activities ...
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• The war at home

  
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  The government is supposed to serve the public’s best interests. But, too often, corners are cut, resources are wasted or worse, government agencies are defrauded or co-opted to serve narrow political or private interests. Enter the Whistleblower. Whistleblowers are often the first line of defense to shield the ...
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• Celebrating Innovation at the Fourth Annual Health Datapalooza Conference

  
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  By Kathleen Sebelius , Secretary of Health and Human Services Cross-posted from Healthcare.gov HealthCare Blog Three years ago, the Department of Health and Human Services kicked off the Health Data Initiative with 45 people gathered in a conference room. This week marks the fourth edition of what has come to ...
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• The Impact of Opening Up Zoning Data

  
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  The content, format, and quality of the zoning information municipalities share varies widely . Posting this information online empowers policymakers to better understand the impact of their decisions and allows people to provide accountability on the process. Access to this information can also help people ...
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• National Day of Civic Hacking 2013

  
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    This past weekend, over 11,000 individuals connected under the helm of the National Day of Civic Hacking (NDoCH) -- a series of local #HackForChange hackathons, unconferences, and meeting of the minds that engaged local communities with open data, code, and tech. From what we can tell, the NDoCH events ...
  2 weeks ago

• Three Election Fairness And Transparency House Bills Introduced

  
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  Bills to Improve Election Fairness and Transparency Introduced Bills would uphold residency requirement for elections, prohibit candidates from running for multiple positions and require additional campaign finance report   DOVER – Lawmakers have introduced three bills in the House of ...
  2 weeks ago

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