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The Open Data 500 is a study conducted at New York University’s GovLab and funded by the Knight Foundation. The purpose of the project is to promote the dissemination and use of data collected by the government. The project encourages…
While governments have been pressured over the last few years to increasingly make data they’ve collected publicly accessible, the same level of pressure hasn’t yet been applied to data that’s been collected within the scientific community. A paper published in…
The first US Open Government National Action Plan was introduced in September 2011. In December 2013, a second and revised National Action Plan was announced. The new National Action Plan includes ten initiatives that were designed to increase public integrity:…
Open Data has the potential to unlock between $3 trillion to $5 trillion annually in economic value, says a report by McKinsey. Specifically, the identify seven sectors of the global economy where the value could be attained. Michael Chui, principal…
An Open Data Charter was agreed to at the latest G8 Summit in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It established five strategic Open Data principles that all G8 members would abide by. Members of the G8 include UK, US, Germany, France, Italy,…