DorobekInsider.com. E-government. France Announces Etalab, National Data Portal « World e.gov forum. The French Prime Minister Fillon has announced the creation of Etalab a programme that is to establish data.gouv.fr, a national government data portal to “freely distribute raw data in usable formats”.
The programme is aimed at aiding public service bodies in stimulating re-use of PSI, as well as simplifying online public services. The decree creating Etalab has been published at legifrance.gouv.fr, dated 21 February. In a press statement (download in PDF), the French Prime Minister said (machine translation): “The Council of modernization of public policy, chaired by the President of the Republic, a Acts 30 June 2010 establishing a single portal for the reuse of public information” Etalab (data.gouv.fr). Government In The Lab.