There's a growing movement for governments and other organizations to make public information freely viewable and usable without controls or copyrights. Learn the latest news and trends on open data.
Government can be seen as an answer to the often messy question of collective action. There are some things people need together, but since that’s not easy to coordinate, we…
When I was approached nearly five years ago now and asked to put together an edited work on how libraries can use mashups to improve services, I have to admit that I was a bit…
So much took place in the realm of open source public policy this year, that there was plenty to write about. Some of the government channel's first posts were about the U.S…
Recognizing the role of open source and open standards in innovation, the European Commission released yesterday its long-awaited “European Interoperability Framework.” This…
Last week, an article in the Wall Street Journal talked about the Open Data Partnership, which “will allow consumers to edit the interests, demographics and other profile…
A few weeks ago, after a happy hour in Rome, people started spontaneously to share links on Italian open data and tools to crunch them with. With a few others, I thought it…
