Washington, DC 8 August 2011
(by Daniel Dietrich)
Have you ever wondered where the World Bank has disbursed money recently? What global funds does the World Bank manage? What is the World Bank's balance sheet?
The World Bank has released financial data sets as raw data: Open Financial Data
...Madrid, 22 June 2011
(by Daniel Dietrich)
According to the Madrid based NGO Access Info Europe the Current draft would not guarantee greater transparency. On their website Access Info Europe, an NGO specialising in government transparency, welcomed this move, but noted that the current draft law has been...
London, 7 July 2011
(by Ton Zijlstra)
The UK Cabinet Office has published a white paper on open public services. It sets out the UK government's approach to public services, increasing quality as well as making them more responsive.
The role of...
Bratislava, 28 June 2011
(by Ton Zijlstra)
The Slovak NGO Fair-Play Alliance, a transparency watch dog organisation, won the Open Data Challenge with their application Znasichdani.sk during...
Cardiff, 23 June 2011
(by Ton Zijlstra)
First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones announced today the Welsh government will start publishing all payments over 25.000 GBP, to increase transparency and openness of the Welsh government.
The amount of a transaction,...
