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USA l 10 ways civic hacking is good for cities
16 May 2013 | citizen inclusion, civic hacking, crowd-sourced, open data, transparencyThe first weekend in June, civic-minded technologists across USA will participate in a large-scale hackathon event called the National Day of Civic Hacking, in which several federal agencies will...
Video l Rewiring Government for Openness, Connection & Choice
27 February 2013 | local governance, open data, open government, participatory, videoSusan Crawford and Beth Noveck in conversation at Social Media Week New York 2013 about open government, social media and technology. Towards the end, Councillor Gail Brewer of NYC talks about the...
Vacancy l Aid Transparency Programme Manager (Closing date 25th Feb. 2013)
22 February 2013 | aid, citizen empowerment, open data, poverty reduction, transparency, vacancyDo you want to make a real difference to the transparency and accountability of international aid, and play a leading role in an international open data initiative? "Development Initiatives" are...
Nigeria l Cellular Citizenship
19 February 2013 | africa, basic service delivery, citizen monitoring, mapping, mdgs, mobile phones, open dataIn Nigeria, hundreds of government-hired enumerators armed with GPS-enabled smartphones have systematically been visiting schools, water points, and health facilities across the country. At each...
Blogpost l Learning why transparency matters: a new Sunlight Foundation research project
13 February 2013 | accountability, blogpost, civ society participation, civil society, open data, open governmentWe at the Sunlight Foundation have a mission statement: "The Sunlight Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses the power of the Internet to catalyze greater government...
Launch Competition l Guardian Data Blog, Google and Open Knowledge Foundation launch the Open Government Datavis Competition
13 February 2013 | competition, data tools, open data, open governmentThe Guardian Data Blog, Google and the Open Knowledge Foundation are teaming up to find the best open government datavis out there. There is a top prize of $2,000 on offer for the best...
Launch l The Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Microdata
14 December 2012 | cross-country, financial inclusion, global index, open dataIt’s raining data. Financial inclusion data, that is. The Development Research Group has published the complete micro dataset of the Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) dataset on the Open...
US l Uncover the Data Around You
14 December 2012 | ict, launch, open data, statistics, usaSitegeist was created by the Sunlight Foundation with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and is the third in a series of National Data Apps. The first two National Data Apps are...
Blogpost l Does open data make development more accountable? The case of Colombia
14 December 2012 | blogpost, case study, colombia, open dataMapping different data sets from a country – with bright colours and click-through functions – may be a visual delight for developers and the tech-savvy, but what do these maps offer those crafting...
Seminar l What happens when big data meets official statistics?
07 December 2012 | big data, debate, nat statistical offices, open data, seminar, statisticsWhat happens when big data meets official statistics? Big data is a broad term applied to the types of data that exhibit certain characteristics (high volume, variety, and frequency) as well as the...