The epractice.eu platform that is jointly managed by the Information Society and Media Directorate-General has added to the Library a report titled: EU:
The announcement states:
“Opening up government data to the public has been part of...
On the 16th & 17th December 2010 the Greek National Documentation Centre (EKT) organised and hosted the conference titled: Open Access: Research-Education-Public Data
The final session of the conference on day 2 considered public sector information in the session titled: Open Public Data...
The Danish public sector manages vast amounts of data across all aspects of society. This constitutes a valuable resource for innovation and growth that places Denmark in an excellent position to leverage PSI. However, there is lack of uniform practice in access to public data, barriers to sharing and a lack of public sector awareness of of the potentials in data. The Open Data Innovation Strategy (ODIS) was launched in 2009 to address these issues. Run by the Danish National IT and Telecom Agency (NITA), the aim is to work towards a consistent practice for uniform access to government...
On the 8th September 2010 the European Commission published a communication titled:
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL MARINE KNOWLEDGE 2020 marine data and observation for smart and sustainable growth
Brussels, 8.9.2010, COM(2010) 461 final, SEC(2010) 999, SEC(2010) 998
Press release...
The open meeting is organised in partnership with Rennes Metropole, Le Conseil Régional Bretagne, GFII and ePSIplatform 'Ouverture et réutilisation des données: les initiatives locales en Europe'. In English: Open Data and Re-use: what is happening at local levels in Europe? This is a follow up meeting to our huguely successful Madrid Meeting Realising the Value of Public Sector Information in June 2010.
Lightweight downloadable applications, or apps, do everything from identify songs playing on the radio to submitting the weekly order for your grocery shopping. They are a key aspect of the dramatic shift that the iPhone and similar devices have brought to the mobile phone market. Always on, always close at hand, and typically aware of where they - and you - are in the world, the current generation of smartphone offers a widely distributed opportunity that developers have been quick to exploit. The author considers how data from the public sector is used in a number of these apps and...
Warsaw: 20 September 2010
As part of the Polish Public Information Week, DIP (Non Government Centre for Access to Information) is hosting a Conference: ‘Knowledge - Power! Active Communication: Experiences and Perspectives’. The Conference takes place on the 28th September 2010 in Warsaw.
The Conference will report on the activities of Public Information Week organised by the Non Government...
Access to public sector information: law, technology and policy
Editor: Brian Fitzgerald
Sydney University Press
ISBN: 978-1-920899-54-7
On the back of the growing capacity of networked digital information technologies to process and visualise large amounts of information in a timely, efficient and user-driven manner we have seen an increasing demand for better access to and re-use of public sector information (PSI). The story is not a new one. Share knowledge and...
UK Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Section 50)
UK Environmental Information Regulations 2004
5 February 2010 The Complainant submitted a request to the Council to access free of charge information required to complete a compliant CON29 form.
10 February 2010 The Council responded to the Complainant to state that a charge would be levied.
11 February 2010 The Complainant wrote to...
UK Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Section 50)
UK Environmental Information Regulations 2004
24 September 2009 The Complainant submitted a request to the Council to access free of charge information required to complete a compliant CON29 form.
5 October 2009 The Council responded to the Complainant to state that a charge would be levied.
6 October 2009 The Complainant wrote to the...
