d I want to go much further in harnessing the power of technology to refashion the structures and workings of government
s can open the door to a reinvention of the core policy-making processes and towards a renewal of politics itself
to replace the first generation of e-government with a much more interactive second generation form of digital engagement which we are calling Mygov
s open, personalised platform will allow us to deliver universal services that are also tailored to the needs of each individual
to move from top-down, monolithic websites broadcasting public service information in the hope that the people who need help will find it – to government on demand.
survey freely available to the public, without restrictions on re-use. Further details on the package and government’s response to the consultation will be published by the end of March.
in the autumn the Government will publish online an inventory of all non-personal datasets held by departments and arms-length bodies – a “domesday book” for the 21st century.
Last week, a jury in Utah found Tim DeChristopher guilty for standing up to the oil and gas companies in an effort to protect our health and our climate.
If the federal government thinks that it's intimidating people into silence with this kind of prosecution, think again. This is precisely the sort of event that reminds us why we need creative, nonviolent protests and mass mobilizations
production of a briefing paper that disambiguated some of the terminology for those that are less familiar with this domain
Linked Data must adhere to the four principles outlined in Tim Berners Lee’s Linked Data Design Issues
Use URIs as names for things
Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names.
When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information, using the standards (RDF, SPARQL)
Include links to other URIs. so that they can discover more things.