Welcoming Open Knowledge Ireland as our newest Chapter
We are very pleased to announce that Open Knowledge Ireland has become the newest Chapter of Open Knowledge! Building on their relentless work as an Open Knowledge Local Group over…
Highlights from Open Data Day
This past Saturday was Open Data Day across the world. More than 190 events took place around the globe and many of these were organized by Local Groups of the…
Open Data Day – what’s happening around the Open Knowledge Foundation global network
With Open Data Day just around the corner – tomorrow, Saturday February 22, 2014, where over 100 events around the world will take place – it’s time to zoom out…
What are you doing on Open Data Day?
Open Data Day 2014 is February 22 – just two weeks away! What: It’s a gathering of citizens in cities all around the world to write applications, liberate data, create…
Signing on to civil society request to make public government data “license free” in the U.S.
Public data generated or commissioned by government bodies is becoming an increasingly important part of the public sphere — from new forms of civic participation, journalism, transparency and accountability to…
Open Knowledge recognised as key to democracy in the digital age
Tonight the Open Knowledge Foundation will be honoured as a leading civic innovator at the National Democratic Institute’s thirtieth birthday celebrations (see the press release here). Other honourees will include…
Global Community Stories #6(b): Ireland, Germany and Updates
Ireland: Meetups, OpenSpending projects and prominent media exposure… In July our Irish group held Open Data Ireland Meetup #9, which was dedicated to ‘Local Government’ and was attended by around…
Global Community Stories #6 (a): Greece, Bangladesh, Argentina and Canada
It is once again time to take a trip around the world and hear a bit about some of the great things that are happening in our growing network of…
Global Open Data Initiative moving forward
(This is a cross-post from the Global Open Data Initiative blog.) The Global Open Data Initiative is a coalition of civil society organisations working together in the area of open…
Open Data Census: Help assess the state of open government data
Would you like to help track the state of government data? Then now is the time to join the Open Data Census community as one of the Country Editors for…