The city of Vienna has launched an open data portal
The city of Vienna today launched an open data portal, thus realizing a plan that was adopted early March, following a policy decision last November. The Vienna data catalogue is a major tangible result of efforts on the topic of open data of politicians, public administration, academics, citizens and civic groups. Continue Reading
The importance of open data in a video-clip.
The Open Knowledge Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 2004 and promoting the openness of any kind of data and contents that can be used freely, reused and distributed: or, in a few words, it promotes open knowledge. On April the 13th was released a clip aimed at sensitizing public awareness of the issue. Continue Reading
US Congress almost ready for transparency-budget cuts.
Everything began with some rumours regarding the end of the Statistical Abstracts section on the US Census Bureau. One might have thought it was the beginning a natural evolution, leading the way the information repository Data.gov , USASpending.gov, Apps.gov/now, the citizen engament tools and online collaboration tools. Continue Reading
EP resists lobbies pressures on CDS proposal.
After succeeding on March 7th in the marginalization of external pressure coming from the financial lobbies and groups of interest, a new challenge arises for the European Parliament on April 20th, when it will vote the proposed Over-The-Counter (OTC) derivatives regulation. Continue Reading
AIE challenges the reform of transparency rules
An attempt by the European Union to conceal the positions taken by individual member governments on reform EU transparency rules has met with a legal challenge by the human rights organization Access Info Europe which works for a better information of the public. Continue Reading
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