Werkboek Open Data. Sunlight Foundation. The Open Data Handbook — Open Data Handbook. De-waarde-van-open-data-keuzes-en-effecten-van-open-datastrategieen-voor-publieke-organisaties. NSOB-publicatie 2012. Committee publishes report on implementing the transparency agenda. The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, today said: "This Committee fully supports the principle of greater openness and its potential to strengthen accountability and drive improvements in public services.
But the Government has a lot more work to do before that potential is realised. It is simply not good enough to dump large quantities of raw data into the public domain. It must be accessible, relevant and easy for us all to understand. Otherwise the public cannot use it to make comparisons and exercise choice, which is the key objective of the transparency agenda. At the moment too much data is poorly presented and difficult to interpret. Margaret Hodge was speaking as the Committee published its 10th Report of this Session which examined how the transparency agenda is being implemented across Government. The transparency agenda is a pledge by the Coalition Government to make government more open. Image: iStockphoto.