Extended: Open Data Scoping Terms of Reference
The Open Data Partnership for Development Scoping Terms of Reference deadline has been extended until January 13, 2014. We have received some great submissions and want to give more people…
“Share, improve and reuse public sector data” – French Government unveils new CKAN-based data.gouv.fr
This is a guest post from Rayna Stamboliyska and Pierre Chrzanowski of the Open Knowledge Foundation France Etalab, the Prime Minister’s task force for Open Government Data, unveiled on December…
2013 – A great year for CKAN
2013 has seen CKAN and the CKAN community go from strength to strength. Here are some of the highlights. February The beta of CKAN 2.0 was released with a much…
Mapping company network in the Nigerian extractive industry
On December 7 data wranglers, maptivists and arm chair researchers got together for an online Data Expedition to analyse the Nigerian extractive industry in a collaboration between School of Data,…
Top 10 Greatest Hits of 2013!
The year is drawing to a close. Before we tumble headlong into the new year, let’s take a moment to reflect on the incredible success of 2013. Here’s our Top…
Vote for School of Data – Making All Voices Count
What if we had a world of data makers? In 2013, our School of Data team has trained over 1000 people around the world. Our goal is to keep up…
Scoping a Possible Data Expedition – Big Pharma Payments to Doctors
Do we need a register of interests for medics? Picking up on an announcement earlier this week by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) about their intention to “move to end the practice of…
Mozilla Popcorn Maker
As a journalist or blogger, you usually make use of lots of online videos and audio recordings on YouTube, Vimeo or Soundcloud. However, you may need sometimes to embed your…
PDF Liberation Hackathon – January 18-19
This guest blog post has been written by Marc Joffe, of Public Sector Credit Solutions. Open government data is valuable only to the extent that it can be used cost-effectively.…
Open Data Day 2014 is Coming Feb 22 – Time to Join the Fun!
This guest blog post has been written by David Eaves, public policy entrepreneur, open government activist and one of the initiators of Open Data Day. It was originally published on…