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Etalab creates an expert advisory board

Experts in the fields of Open Data and Open Government will comprise the panel.

Carbonpedia: Open Carbon Footprint

This open database collects carbon footprint data in Spain.

An Open Database for Latin America

OpenData Latinoamérica hopes to become a major, central, repository for reliable datasets from the region.

Spanish telecomm regulator launches data visualization tool

The tool will enable visual reporting on the status of telecommunications in Spain.

PSI in the UK: Independent Review

The 'Shakespeare Review' suggests how Public Sector Information in the UK could improve.

OpenLink Software releases the 7th version of the Virtuoso DBMS

Latest OpenLink Virtuoso more space efficient, flexible and expressive

Open by Default

U.S. government data will be made available in open formats from now on.

CKAN 2.0 now officially available

The data management system sheds its beta skin.

Announced public beta of the CSV2RDF service for PublicData.eu

CSV2RDF beta service and mapping of the PublicData.eu portal now available

Finnish Open Data community launches avoindata.net

Avoindata.net promises to serve as an Open Data 'stack overflow.'

Open Data and Mobility Contest in Paris

Take part in the “Moov'In the City” Open data contest and win 25.000 Euros

One week after joining the Open Government Partnership, Hungary adopts restrictive law changes

Immediately after Hungary joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP), the civil society criticized commitments to the OGP

Pompei fights corruption with open data power and hacker economy

The OpenPompei, a project for transparency and Openness in public cultural spending

DCAT Application Profile for data portals in Europe released for public review

The DCAT Application Profile developed in the context of the Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations (ISA) Programme, has entered its public review period.

1st International Summer School on Open Collaborative Governance

1st International Summer School in Technologies and Applications for Open and Collaborative Governance

Earlier news
Open Data to Further Humanities Research

The Open Humanities Awards feature technology projects that employ open data in furthering humanities research.

'Extracting' the Best From Extractive Data

'Follow the Data' keeps tabs on oil and gas data and promotes openness in the extractives sector.

Open Data Tourism Hack at home

Participants are invited to build an app from home that helps cities better handle tourism.

OKCon 2013 Call for proposals

The deadline for submissions is 24 May 2013.

New Version of the INSPIRE Generic Conceptual Model (GCM)

This new GCM includes information on using URIs to implement identifiers.

App4Mi : New Open Data Contest in Italy

Create an app using the Municipality of Milan's open data and get the chance to win cash prizes.

Chinese Investment in Africa

This new interactive database plots Chinese development finance to Africa from 2000 to 2011.

Case Study: Metrics for Measuring the Impact of Cultural Datasets

What happens when netizens share culture online?

Topic Report: Reuse of PSI in Spain

How does PSI reuse fare in Spain? April's Report assesses free access, public fees, and prices.

Keeping watch on the Czech parliament with open data

How data can be used to prevent murky voting strategies in Parliament.

Training: Open Data Journalism (Rome, Italy)

June 2013. Rome, Italy.

WWWF Open Data Research Study

This in-depth study will examine how open data could be used in 14 developing countries.

UK Land Registry to release free historical property data

The data includes 17 million records, or the majority of house sales in England and Wales since 1995.

11 new countries join the Open Government Partnership

Membership has grown from 8 founding governments to 58 in under 2 years.

A budget calendar Moldovan citizens can understand

The calendar allows users to trace the national budget through all its stages.

LOD at the German National Library

How is the German National Library doing one year after incorporating Linked Open Data?

See how your city smells

What if mapping odours could help regulate air quality?

The spatial planning of the future?

What happens when we all have direct and open insight into our cities?

It's official: Wikidata for everyone

Wikimedia's centralized facts repository is completely open.

U. of Luxembourg's New Open Access Server

ORBIlu hopes to become a massive open storehouse of scientific publications.

The ENGAGE Project Gets a Facelift

The project provides an infrastructure that integrates original PSI data and user-generated datasets.

Freedom of Information Requests Graze 50,000 in the UK

The total number of requests in 2012 represents a 5% increase compared to the previous year.

Record Funding by FILAS of Open Data Projects

The call for tenders received a flood of submissions, months before the June deadline.

The EU Validates Public and Private PSI Reuse

New EU rules make maps, statistics and weather data available at minimal or no charge.

Call for Tenders: Corsica's Open Data Portal Competition

The deadline tender submissions is 6 May 2013.

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