What’s the point of open data?
I’ve been puzzling for a while how the open data community can help the many great groups that have been fighting for transparency of key money flows for the past…
OKCon 2013 kicks off
The Open Knowledge Conference 2013 is go! Instagram: @nicolassierro, @okconstickers, @oliviertripet We come to you from the lovely shiny Centre International de Conferences Geneve. The first talks and workshops are…
OKCon 2013 Guest Post: Which bar to raise?
The following post is by Paul Maassen, who together with Daniel Dietrich and Anders Pedersen will be coordinating the workshop ‘Raising the bar for ambition and quality in OGP: workshop…
OKCon 2013 Guest Post: Open governance groups around the world compare local authority finances
This article, by Marc Joffe and Ian MakGill, originally appeared on the Guardian website on 01 August 2013. Marc Joffe will be speaking in the Open Finance and OpenSpending –…
An Open Letter on the UK’s Proposed Lobbying Bill
The following is an open letter to the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister about the UK’s proposed Lobbying Bill, initiated by the Open Knowledge Foundation and signed by organisations…
Get ready for the OKCon workshops!
Lovely attendees of OKCon, it’s time to make plans for the workshops you want to attend! Each workshop session now has detailed information about moderators and speakers, topics that will…
The world needs better lobbyist registers – but the UK’s proposed lobbying bill won’t help
Lobbyist registers are supposed to enable citizens to find out who is lobbying whom for what, and how much they are spending in the process. They are supposed to help…
It is time for Open Services
The following guest post is by Guillermo Moncecchi. In a previous post, we advocated for the generation of a Public Digital Infrastructure (PDI), suggesting that governments should advance in the…
How can open data lead to better data quality?
Open data can be freely used by anyone – which means that data users can help to fix, enrich or flag problems with the data, leading to improvements in its…
Publishing research without data is simply advertising, not science
The following post is by Graham Steel. It is an adaptation of a five minute lightning talk given at Glasgow’s 1st Open Knowledge Foundation meet-up. Commencing in 2001, I became…