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Open Data And Open Science
The G8 International Conference on Open Data in April 2013 aimed to make agricultural research more widely available to improve global food security. Carlos Morais Pires from the European Commission discusses the EC’s effort to increase access to data and reviews the G8’s plans. Read More »
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Open Data Goes Mainstream With G8 Charter
Last week marked a major turning point for open data. It was a moment when the ideas around open data took a big leap out of the CIO's office and the world of advocates and entered more forcefully into the more general world of public policy. Read More »
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Open Data Key To Interagency, Private Sector Innovation
Interagency consolidation of datasets for public and private use is crucial to driving down agency IT costs and forging new technological advances, according to Lisa Schlosser, deputy associate administrator in the Office of E-Government and Information Technology. Read More »
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Open Data Platforms: A Tool To Revolutionise Governance
Jay Naidoo shares lessons on how to engage citizens in governance and strengthen civil society through open data Read More »
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Open Data White Paper: Unleashing the Potential
Today we publish our Open Data command paper, which sets out how we’re putting data and transparency at the heart of government and public services. Read More »
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Open Data, Open Development
Last week I attended the Open Knowledge Festival (OKFest) organized by the Open Knowledge Foundation in Helsinki Finland. [My] interest and reason for attending was to find out as much as I could about open Data, Development as I could from people that had already started on the open journey in their countries and some even gotten their governments to sign on... Read More »
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Open Development And Open Data: What Next?
The Kenya Open Data Portal was launched by President Mwai Kibaki in July 2011, making Kenya the second country in Africa, after Morocco, to launch an open data portal and the first in sub-Saharan Africa. [...] Read More »
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Open Development And Social Impact Bonds: Rethinking Healthcare Delivery
By incentivising investment through payment on results, and by making information open, local entrepreneurs can fill the gaps and help deliver much needed services Read More »
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Open Health: What Is It And Why Should You Care?
“Open health” captures a broad set of information technologies that will change the way we approach health and health care. It encompasses “ehealth” (the storage and provision of personal medical information online) but also includes the release of health information to the public at large. It’s the health side of “open data” policies being pursued by countries all over the world. Read More »
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Open Source By Default?
“Over the last ten years, Open Source has become unremarkable. I think that’s a great achievement. We no longer argue about whether it’s secure or not, or whether it’s safe to use. We focus now on how best to use Open Source to get the best value for every tax dollar,” said Gunnar Hellekson, Chief Technology Strategist for Red Hat’s US Public Sector Group. Read More »
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Open Source For America Announces New Leadership
Open Source for America (OSFA), an organization promoting the use of open source technologies in the U.S. federal government, today announced the election of Deb Bryant and Kane McLean as co-chairs of the organization. Read More »
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Open Source Health IT Solutions for Governments to Consider
Healthcare is a major budget item for government at all levels. There are now many high quality, free and open source Health IT systems that community hospitals and clinics should consider using as an alternative to more expensive commercial systems. This could save state & local governments 'big' bucks...
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Open Source Push 'Could Save Taxpayer Millions'
The government is investigating free open source software as it emerged that £200m of taxpayers' money has been spent on Microsoft Office alone since 2010 Read More »
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Open Source Should Be Used To Commoditise Government IT, Says Cabinet Office's Tariq Rashid
Open source technology should be used to help commoditise government IT to move from cost-heavy bespoke systems to the more competitive end of the market, Tariq Rashid, IT Reform, Cabinet Office has said. Read More »
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Open Source Software Is Common At DHS
Open source is present across much of Homeland Security’s technology portfolio, [Department Chief Information Officer Richard] Spires said, and the agency expects to use more open source in the future. Much of the software is secure enough to be integrated into major systems, he said. Read More »
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