Edit 14.11.2012: Currently there are 60 Apps Contests (Open Government Data) listed in the Apps contest spreadsheet http://bit.ly/apps_contests_list – check your country and add the missing contests. We have sent out a short survey for the Contest Organizers, please fill … Continue reading
I am looking for international links / case studies / etc. related to opening the postal coda data. Please, if you know wny relevant resources add them to the comments and if you don’t know, but might know someone who … Continue reading
Samaan aikaan, kun Suomessa Valtiovarainministeriön budjettiosasto yrittää käsittämättömin perustein estää julkisen datan avaamisen maksuttomaan käyttöön niin EU:n komission varapuuheenjohtaja Neelie Kroess sanoo: “Datanne arvo kasvaa, jos annatte sen yleiseen käyttöön”. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlcFKPyiRuw&w=420&h=315] Katso pidempi video lehdistötilaisuudesta (nähtävillä vain viikon verran) … Continue reading
Edit 11.12 klo 19:20 Tähän mennessä kirjoitus on kerännyt 5500 kävijää ja asia on nostettu esille mm. Tietoviikossa ja Helsingin Sanomissa. Korjasin vääriin paikkoihin osoittaneita linkkejä ja lisäsin linkin MML:n lausuntokierrokselle lähteneeseen ehdotukseen (11.11) . Edit 8.12 klo 13:52 Lisäsin … Continue reading
Presentation Antti Poikola & Marko Latvanen (State Treasury) at the OGDcamp Warsaw 20-21.10.2011. Presentation is based on a survey (60 analysed answers), network analysis and visualized graph of Finnish Open Government Data people and topics. Thanks for Teemo Tebest (network … Continue reading
Last summer the new prime minister (or her advisors) included a mention about opening up the public sector information in the official agenda of the current government. Today the policy decision was officially confirmed by the government. The press release … Continue reading
I’m trying to build a big picture that would unite the general themes of public sector data and the general classes of applications, application-ideas and other uses of public data. My three big questions are: What government data is in … Continue reading
Happy new year, I haven’t been writing for a while, but luckily enough the the open data related progress has not stopped in Finland either. Ton Zijlstra asked on the EUOpenData mailing list about the most interesting developments regarding … Continue reading
Few weeks ago I had the opportunity to participate the Personal Democracy Forum Europe 2010 in Barcelona. The event as whole offered insight into what is going on around the world relater to Democracy and Technology. The video recordings from … Continue reading
