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Geo Data Release: 10 Times More Re-use

Dutch topography data sees jump in re-use since Jan 1st.

UK Land Registry Releases Data Free of Charge

More to follow in March 2012.

Apps4Italy Deadline Postponed: More prize money, more data

New deadline 30 April.

Dutch Gov Responds to EC Proposal

Compliments and criticism.

LAPSI Conference Material Published

Presentations of the 23/24 January conference.

Dutch Ombudsman Calls for Transparency

During the "Journalist of the Year" award session.

UK Responses to Open Data Consultation
"Making Open Data Real" results published by Cabinet Office.
CKAN to Power EU Data Portal

Launch planned for June 2012.

Call for Participation: Open Legislative Data

Deadline 1 April. Conference 6/7 July in Paris.

Winners App Competition Netherlands Announced
Awards presented by Minister for Economic Affairs.
Yearly Netherlands App Award

Yearly "National App Award" of 12.500 Euro.

Ghana to Implement Open Data Initiative

Together with WWW Foundation.

Earlier news
LAPSI Award for Datos.gob.es
Most user friendly PSI portal amongst entries.
Figshare Relaunched: Publish Your Scientific Data
Encourages sharing of negative and un-used data as well.
French Departement to Launch Data Portal

Loire-Atlantique will launch data portal in March 2012.

Discussion Paper: Digital Fuel of the 21st Century

By Vivek Kundra, former CIO of the USA.

New Executive Director for Transparency and Open Data UK

Cabinet Office has announced the appointment.

Global Data Journalism Awards Launched

Deadline April 10th. Prizes in 3 categories.

Google Discontinues Needlebase

Service running until June 1st.

Finland Opens Topographic Data

Freely and free of charge, starting May 1st.

Open Data Switzerland Association Founded

Also three events announced.

Google and World Bank Join Forces on Mapping

For development and disaster response. Criticism on terms.

Swiss To Found Open Data Association

Thursday, Jan 19th in Bern.

Dutch University Starts Data Journalism Master

As part of communication and information sciences.

UK's Open Data Team 2012 Resolutions

Cabinet Office Data Team in Guardian article.

Germany Launches Open Gov Study

Fraunhofer FOKUS to do study on open government and data.

Etalab's Answers to On-line Questions

Séverin Naudet responds to questions after data portal launch.

Rich Crop of Fingal Apps Competition Entries

Apps4Fingal: 23 apps, 36 ideas for apps.

Bulgarian Open Data Survey

What is your wishlist?

Hungary Makes Open Standards Default

Starting April 2012.

Swedish Cultural Heritage Goes Facebook
New digital strategy, feedback sought.
New French Committee On PSI Pricing

To formulate advice on 'pay-for' data sets.

Dutch Geo Data Now Available
OpenStreetMap receives 5 Gigabytes of geodata.
Video of IGF 2011 Workshop on PSI On-line
IGF 6 Workshop on PSI On-line, Nairobi, September 2011.
The State of Open Data in France
LiberTIC publishes map.
Dutch Real Estate Valuations Public

Base for taxation to be public in 2012.

Creative Commons Version 4.0 in 2012

The process to create a new version of CC License in 2012 has started.

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