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.…
The Open Knowledge Foundation urges the UK Government to stop secret corporate lobbying
The Open Knowledge Foundation has joined the members of the UK OGP civil society network in signing an open letter which calls on the Government to put an end to…
A report from the Ibrahim Governance Weekend
Early last month I was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the Mo Ibrahim Foundation‘s annual governance weekend, including the celebrated Ibrahim Forum. The MIF, headed by the eponymous and irrepressible…
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…
The Open Knowledge Foundation opposes copyright term extensions in TPP negotiations
The Open Knowledge Foundation has joined a group of civil society organisations and activists from around the world in an open letter opposing proposals to increase the duration of copyright…
Sign our petition asking the UK government to stop secret corporate lobbying
Today the Open Knowledge Foundation and the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency are co-launching a petition endorsed by a group of transparency and civil society organisations, asking the UK government to…
Open Data Empowers Us to Answer Questions that Matter
This article by Rufus Pollock, Founder and Director of the Open Knowledge Foundation, is cross-posted from “Telefonica Digital Hub” released on 5 December 2013. Every day we face challenges –…
Dispatch: Crisismappers Community needs Data Makers
What does open data / open knowledge have to do with Crisismapping? Everything. In times of crisis, we live in open data / open government ecosystem. We seek, build and…
What needs to happen to enable citizens to Follow the Money around the world?
The following post is from Alan Hudson, Policy Director (Transparency & Accountability) at ONE and Jonathan Gray, Director of Policy and Ideas at the Open Knowledge Foundation. A few weeks…
Open letter asking for greater transparency around Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
The Open Knowledge Foundation has joined more than 30 civil society organisations and experts in signing an open letter asking leaders for greater transparency around the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations.…