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So Where Do the Numbers in Government Reports Come From?
Last week, the COI (Central Office of Information) released a report on the “websites run by ministerial and non-ministerial government departments”, detailing visitor numbers, costs, satisfaction...
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Principles for, and Practicalities of, Open Public Data
Following the first meeting of the Public Sector Transparency Board last week, which is tasked with “driv[ing] forward the Government’s transparency agenda, making it a core part of all government...
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“Top Level” URL Conventions in Local Council Open Data Websites
A few days ago, I had reason to start pondering URI schemes for open data released by educational institutions. The OU, like a couple of other HEIs, is looking at structuring – and opening up – various...
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UK Open Data Guidance Resources
This is a live post where I will try to collect together advice relating to the release and use of open public data in the UK, as much for my own reference as anything… (I guess this really should be a...
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Show Me the Data – But Not All of It (Just a Little Bit…)
Over the weekend, I managed to catch up with open data advocate Rufus Pollock for a bit of a chat on all manner of things. One of the things that came up in conversation related to a practical issue...
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Practical Data Scraping – UK Government Transparency Data (Minister’s Meetings)
Earlier this week, I came across the Number 10 website’s transparency data area, which among other things has a section on who Ministers are meeting. Needless to say, the Who’s Lobbying website has...
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Government Spending Data Explorer
So… the UK Gov started publishing spending data for at least those transactions over £25,0000. Lots and lots of data. So what? My take on it was to find a quick and dirty way to cobble a query...
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So What’s Open Government Data Good For? Government and “Independent...
Although I got an invite to today’s “Government Transparency: Opening Up Public Services” briefing, I didn’t manage to attend (though I’m rather wishing I had), but I did manage to keep up with what...
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