Development Data Challenge
Over the weekend of 25th and 26th August, the second event in a series of ‘Development Data Challenges’ took place at the Guardian’s offices in London. What is a ‘Development…
Geo-locating wells in South Sudan: how to wrangle data for development
Dominik Moritz, a student at the University of Potsdam and an intern with the Open Knowledge Foundation, recently took part in the London ‘Development Data Challenge’. In this post, he…
Introducing the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness
This guest post is by Scott Hubli and Andrew G. Mandelbaum from the National Democratic Institute (NDI). NDI is partering with the Sunlight Foundation and the Latin American Network for…
Test cohort: sign-up is now closed
Many thanks to everyone who has volunteered to sign-up for the test cohort at the School of Data. We have had an overwhelming response, with people signing up from all…
Open Data – Delhi
This is post 4 of 5 in the Open Data India series, following Lucy and Laura’s visit to India to learn about the challenges and opportunities for open data. Read…
Join the School of Data test cohort!
We are seeking volunteers to take part in an ‘alpha cohort’, to test-run initial courses for the School of Data. Sign up below! The Course The very first School of…
Open Data – Mumbai
This is post 3 of 5 of the Open Data India series, following Lucy and Laura’s visit to learn about the challenges and opportunities for open data. Read previous posts…
Update to Open Knowledge Foundation Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
We’re posting this announce to let people know we’ve updated the Open Knowledge Foundation’s general privacy policy and terms of use. Updates to the privacy policy are fairly limited and…
Ending Secrecy – Why Global Transparency Rules Matter
Earlier this week, the SEC voted on the final rules of Section 1504 of the Dodd Frank Act. Global Witness teamed up with the Open Knowledge Foundation to explain what…
JISC Open Biblio 2 project – final report
This is cross-posted from openbiblio.net. Following on from the success of the first JISC Open Bibliography project we have now completed a further year of development and advocacy as part…