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Dutch PSBs To Formulate Open Data Challenges

11-10-2012

As preparation for the 13 October hackday in Rotterdam 'Open for Business', the Dutch national data portal project leader Paul Suijkerbuijk has invited representatives of a wide range of public sector bodies (ministries, executive departments, cities, provinces) to gather a full day on 12 October and formulate pertinent questions that open data can help to address. The event is called '...

Spanish Transparency Law Sent to Parliament

30-7-2012

The Spanish Council of Ministers has passed a bill on transparency, access to information and good governance on 27 July.

The bill was open earlier to public consultation, and will now be debated in parliament.

The text of the bill has been published on a separate website:...

UK Research Council Open Access Policy

16-7-2012

The Research Councils UK, together responsible for distributing 2.8 billion GBP in public research funding, have announced a new Open Access Policy for those seeking funds. Earlier the UK's Wellcome Trust, a biomedical research charity, ...

Dutch Data Policy on Water Data

3-7-2012

New open data policy published by 'Informatiehuis Water'.

The Dutch 'Informatiehuis Water' ('Water Information House'), a collaboration between the Ministry for Infrastructure and Environment, the Dutch Provinces and the water authorities, has published a new data policy which is to be applied...

The Digital Agenda Assembly 2012

24-6-2012

The Digital Agenda Assembly 2012 #da12 took place on 21-22 June aligned with related events organized in the same week in Brussels. Among these where the SEMIC Interoperability Conference and the W3C/Crossover Project Workshop on Uses of Open Data. The first Day of the Digital Agenda Assembly was organized as...