Tag Archives: public data
ePetitions data could “transform” political practice
A new facility – provided by an application programming interface (API) – that enables additional data to be mapped onto the Government's ePetitions has the “potential to transform both ...
Hetan Shah to chair Big Data event featuring Francis Maude
RSS Executive Director Hetan Shah is to chair The big data opportunity, a Policy Exchange event on 3 July that features Francis Maude, the cabinet office minister responsible for the Government's ...
Institute will focus on business startups, training and personal privacy says Berners-Lee
Sir Tim Berners-Lee has described some of the big challenges – stimulating new businesses, training people how to use data and ensuring that public data is adequately anonymised – that the ...
New law obliges publishing of public data in open formats
A newly enacted amendment to the UK Freedom of Information (FOI) Act (pdf format, opens in new window) requires public sector organisations to publish open data in standard, re-usable formats ...
NAO says Government needs needs “better understanding of costs, benefits and use” to assess value of transparency
Despite progress in fulfilling most of its initial commitments, the UK Government “needs a better understanding of costs, benefits and use to assess whether transparency is meeting its objectives ...
Safeguarding personal information vital as more administrative data is used in official statistics – UK Statistics Authority
The growing statistical use of administrative data offers real advantages in terms of cost and richness of information, but there is a need for strong safeguards and guarantees about the ...
