Bulgarian Government To Discuss Open Data Steps
22 May 2012
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Guest posting by
Boyan Yurukov

In September 2011 Bulgaria joined the Open Government Partnership. Although 23 years have passed since the fall of communism, many traits of the old mentality still remain embedded in our public administration. Hundreds of millions have been spent on egov solutions to little avail. As a result of that spending, however, our administration has a pretty good information infrastructure, which will allow opening databases and registries that much easier. Although we boast a well written Public Information Act, many institutions find ways to avoid giving away their secrets.

Open Data in Belgium: "Somewhat Special"
17 Apr 2012
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Guest posting by
Noël van Herreweghe

Three language communities, and six governments with their own laws and regulations..... it is to be expected that this institutional complexity and cultural differences are affecting the evolution of open data in Belgium.

Czech Open Government Partnership Action Plan Comments and Thoughts
6 Apr 2012
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Guest posting by
Michal Berg

The Czech government has agreed on the final Action plan for Czech commitments for the Open Government Partnership. The final draft has been prepared along with a pool of NGOs and active individuals and has been accepted on the last governmental session on Wednesday, April 4th. This blogpost presents the basic outlines of the Czech action plan along with some comments and thoughts.

Does Switzerland have no need for Open Government Data?
20 Feb 2012
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Guest posting by
Hannes Gassert
Switzerland is often cited as a model democracy. It does indeed have one of the most participatory systems, but, most notably, doesn't have any Open Government Data policy to speak of. Why is that? Will it change? Let's take a look.
CC and PSI: New Data FAQs, Participate in 4.0 Discussions
19 Jan 2012
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Guest posting by
Diane Peters

Last year we discussed on the ePSIplatform how Creative Commons tools can be leveraged to help share public sector information. As we now prepare for version 4.0 of CC, we ask you, the broad PSI community, to provide expert input and help us re-examine various aspects of the license.