A Digital Britain update
The UK Department for culture, media and sport (DCMS) has announced the publication of a progress report on the implementation of the Digital Britain initiative.
The announcement states:
“Digital Britain Implementation Update - December 2009
On 16 June 2009, the Government published the Digital Britain White Paper, setting out over 80 recommendations for action, with the ambition of securing the UK’s position as one of the world’s leading digital knowledge economies.
Following publication of the White Paper, the Government published an update on progress at the end of June and an Implementation Plan in August.”
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Page 10 of the report states:
“Access to Public Data
The White Paper reported the announcement by the Prime Minister, on 10 June 2009, that Sir Tim Berners-Lee would form a panel of technical and delivery experts to deliver better use of public data. In December, the Smarter Government White Paper, ‘Putting the frontline first’, set out proposals to open up data and promote transparency, by releasing public data sets and making them free for reuse. These proposals included releasing health data such as NHS choices data; consulting on making Ordnance Survey mapping and postcode datasets available for free reuse from April 2010; increasing access to and reuse of public transport data; and opening up Met Office Public Weather Service data. The Smarter Government White Paper proposes to make government data available through a single access point at www.data.gov.uk, which will go live from January 2010.”
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