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Open Data Hub of the European Union (EU)

The Open Data Hub of the European Union (EU) provides access to 'open' public data from the European Commission. It also provides access to data of other EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. The published data can be downloaded by everyone interested to facilitate reuse, linking and the creation of innovative services. Read More »

Open Data Is Good for America

Todd Park & Steven VanRoekel | Huffington Post | May 29, 2013

President Obama took historic steps this month by signing an executive order and issuing a new Government-wide policy to make government information even more open and accessible to the public. Read More »

Open Data Now: Hottest Contenders for 2014

Mark Boyd | Programmable Web | January 1, 2014

A book about open data, to be released in January—and the launch of a pilot website showcasing open data businesses—both forecast a big year for open data in 2014, and highlight the importance of APIs in powering this new wave of innovation. Read More »

Open Data Research Network

The Open Data Research network is a collaborative project, coordinated by the Web Foundation and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), that exists to: Read More »

Open Data will Improve Healthcare Worldwide

Staff Writer | The Information Daily | May 1, 2013

Vice President of Telefonica Europe Dr Mike Short believes that open data could not only improve business models and products, but could also vastly improve the quality of people's lives in remote areas and improve the care that they receive. Read More »

Open Data, Open Development

Barbara Birungi | Hive Colab | September 27, 2012

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 »

Open Data: 50 Countries, 100 Speakers and the Power of Ideas

Donna Barne | World Bank Voices blog | July 6, 2012

Hundreds of open data experts and enthusiasts from more than 50 countries are expected at the second International Open Government Data Conference (IOGDC) —a look at the impact and promise of open data in cities, countries and institutions around the world.

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OpenCorporates

OpenCorporates, calling itself the "Open Database of the Corporate World",   provides a platform for collecting, collating and allowing access to different types of corporate relationship data – subsidiary data, parent company data, and shareholding data. Read More »

OpenCorporates Data Platform Helps Regulators

Olivia Solon | Wired | July 11, 2013

A London-based company called OpenCorporates has developed a platform that collects global corporate datasets -- many of which weren't available as open data -- and presents them as visualisations. Read More »

PatientsLikeMe releases free Clinical Trial Matching Tool for Patients' Use

Peter Mansell | Pharma Times | March 26, 2013

PatientsLikeMe, the US-based online platform for the exchange of health data, has gone global with the clinical-trial matching tool it launched in the network’s home market last year. Read More »

Pitt Unlocks Trove Of Public Health Data To Help Fight Deadly Contagious Diseases

Editor | RedOrbit | November 29, 2013

In an unprecedented windfall for public access to health data, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health researchers have collected and digitized all weekly surveillance reports for reportable diseases in the United States going back more than 125 years. Read More »

Public Health ACTion (PHACT) 2013 Campaign mobilizes support

The 2013 Public Health Action (PHACT) Campaign is well underway. Check out the Public Health ACTion (PHACT) Campaign web site maintained by the American Public Health Association (APHA). It provides 'open' data and information on public health funding impacts on communities in every state in the U.S.   Click on your state to find out where it ranks on public health funding and activities. Read More »

Public Open Data: The Good, the Bad, the Future

Camille Crittenden | PBS | September 4, 2013

New technology tools, combined with raised expectations among voters and stakeholders for government transparency, have sparked a movement toward “open government.” Read More »

Socrata's Open Data Solutions Now Available on Windows Azure

Press Release | Wall Street Journal | July 9, 2013

Socrata, the cloud software company that's leading the shift to the data-driven government, announced today a multi-year strategic relationship with Microsoft that brings advanced open data technologies to public sector organizations worldwide, on the Windows Azure cloud platform. Read More »

StateHealthFacts

The Kaiser Foundation supports the StateHealthFacts web site that provides free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use data on the the status of healthcare for all 50 states in the U.S.