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OECD COMPARATIVE STUDY - REBOOTING PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY: HOW CAN OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA HELP TO DRIVE INNOVATION?

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Created on Wednesday, 01 June 2016 08:06

REBOOTING PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY:
HOW CAN OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA
HELP TO DRIVE INNOVATION?

OECD COMPARATIVE STUDY

 

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United Nations Secretary Report by IEAG - A WORLD THAT COUNTS

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Created on Monday, 30 May 2016 07:24

A WORLD THAT COUNTS
MOBILISING THE DATA REVOLUTION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

United Nations Secretary Report by General’s Independent Expert Advisory Group on a Data Revolution for Sustainable Development (IEAG)

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Open Data Institute - Open / Shared / Closed: The world of data

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Created on Tuesday, 24 May 2016 07:31

Data is changing our world for the better. It is improving the quality of life of billions of people everyday. It’s everything, from the excel spreadsheet you use in the office to the citizen science projects that are helping us to beat cancer. And you’re feeling the benefits of it right now, even if you don’t know it’s happening.

This 'World of Data' is beginning to be defined by three different types of data: Open / Shared / Closed.

You can watch the video of Open Data Institute by clicking here.  

Nesta - Political arithmetic: Data ethics and government

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Created on Friday, 27 May 2016 07:11

Yesterday I helped launch the government’s Data Science Ethical Framework at Nesta, alongside Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock. Here’s what I said.

Almost everything we do now is captured as data - where we go, what we buy, who we talk to, and data is very much part of daily work at Nesta. We are involved heavily as an investor in some of the most promising early stage companies developing algorithms, such as Featurespace or Cogbooks; as a shaper of new kinds of statistics, for example combining open, commercial data and web-scraping to understand the economy in Tech Nation 2016; we’ve promoted data for social progress; helped use open data to solve public challenges; and are active in experiments right on the forefront of ethics, such as Dementia Citizens.

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Open Knowledge - DEMOCRATISING THE DATA REVOLUTION: A DISCUSSION PAPER by Jonathan Gray

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Created on Monday, 23 May 2016 07:42

 DEMOCRATISING THE DATA REVOLUTION: A DISCUSSION PAPER
by Jonathan Gray

Open Knowledge International

 

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More Articles...

  1. Smith School Working Paper - "Big Data and Environmental Sustainability: A Conversation Starter"
  2. Young people's use of the Internet to interact with the public administration
  3. A Lateral Economics report commissioned by Omidyar Network - "Open for Business: How Open Data Can Help Achieve the G20 Growth Target"
  4. SENSE4US project has joined as a member the European Centre for Social Media