Tag Archives: power of information

Unlocking the Power of Local Government Information

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Dave

The Power of Information Taskforce has shared some great advice on their blog for local authorities to help them share their data with people who want to do interesting stuff with it. It includes making it clear to folk exactly … Continue reading →

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Finding and Re-using Public Information

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Dave

The Open Knowledge Foundation is holding a workshop on ‘Finding and Re-using Public Information’ on Saturday 1 November, at the London Knowledge Lab. The wiki promises the event will: …bring government information experts together with those who are interested in … Continue reading →

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Civil servants and the social web

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Dave

I spent an interesting morning last Friday at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, attending a meeting of ‘civil servant bloggers’ – not many of whom, it turned out, actually blogged – to discuss the recent guidelines for online participation. It … Continue reading →

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Show them a better way

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Dave

Bit late on this one, but hey ho. The Power of Information Taskforce has launched a new initiative, which many commentators have ikened to the BBC Backstage project, to open up the way that government data can be hacked about. … Continue reading →

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Power of Information Task Force

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Dave

Tom Watson posted up his speech announcing the Power of Information Task Force on his blog yesterday and it contained some really good stuff. I guess that those who want to can snicker about the notion of creating a task … Continue reading →

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