Posted on April 13, 2011 by Simon Phipps
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The law is a great thing, as long as the actual implementation leads to greater software freedom. I humbly suggest the Portuguese government consider my
Sentinel Effect essay in this regard…
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One great and smart way to reduce the (legitimate) cost of satisfying freedom of information requests is to publish the data online in machine-readable open formats in the first place. Hopefully the guilty parties here are considering that and not just buying more photocopiers.
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I think it’s a great thing, especially the explicit compatibility statements.
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Posted on June 1, 2010 by Simon Phipps
In an unusual move for such a significant news item, the UK government announced over the weekend that they were ordering all government departments to embark on a voyage of transparency. There were some very good ideas in the announcement, including a mandate to publish details of all ITC procurements. And there is no doubt that a mandate for open data is a fantastic move. The letter from the Prime Minister was pretty clear:
Given the importance of this agenda, the Deputy Prime Minister and I would be grateful if departments would take immediate action to meet this timetable for data transparency, and to ensure that any data published is made available in an open format so that it can be re-used by third parties. From July 2010, government departments and agencies should ensure that any information published includes the underlying data in an open standardised format.
Read on over on my ComputerWorldUK Blog…
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