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In a Bold Move Towards Accountability, Road Casualty Data Published Online in UK
The UK government has published 5 years of nation-wide road safety and casualty data freely online on a map that anyone can view in a web browser. It's a remarkable instance of data-driven public accountability; presumably citizens will use this newly accessible data to apply pressure on government agencies regarding safety improvements. Citizens and researchers will also be able to cross-reference the location of troubled roadways with race and class demographic analysis to illuminate any inequitable allocation of infrastructure resources.New maps give Europeans close-up picture of air pollution from diffuse sources
New maps give Europeans close-up picture of air pollution from diffuse sources New online maps published by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency, in close cooperation with the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) of the Joint Research Centre, allow citizens to pinpoint the main diffuse sources of air pollution, such as transport and aviation. The new set of 32 maps allows Europeans to see on a scale of 5 km by 5 km where pollutants are released. They include details of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), sulphur oxides (SO x ), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), ammonia (NH 3 ) and particulate matter (PM 10 ). It complements existing data on emissions from individual industrial plants from the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR).Fate of Data.gov Revealed; US Gov Almost Completely Drops the Ball
When the annual budgets for e-government initiatives including Data.gov were slashed by 75% last month , it didn't look good for the tech side of transparency. Today federal CIO Vivek Kundra has adressed the fate of these e-government programs in a letter to congress : "No project will go unaffected" he said.Train stations in Britain listed and mapped: find out how busy each one is | News
Train stations: how busy is yours? Victoria Station in 1927. Photograph: Science & Society Picture Librar/SSPL via Getty ImagesIn looking at the middle east, its still an open question as to whether the countries engaged in overthrowing their decades old dictators can begin to move toward nascent emerging democracies. But if they do, we know the process of becoming a stable, democratic society is a long-term exercise. But is there a corallary between how many countries skipped the landline copper wire network to jump right to cell phones with how governmental institutions can be set up? The average age of most middle eastern countries is well below 30 - perhaps the right democratic model for them starts off with citizens interacting with their government via cell phones.
Can emerging democracies skip Gov 1.0 and start with electronic Opengov?
Transparency International on oil companies and corruption: who is the most open? | News
Provincies hebben baat bij open data
Zonder open data mist Nederland internationaal de boot
Overheidsgegevens en data moeten vrijelijk beschikbaar zijn, dat is de mondiale trend. Nederland heeft daarin nog een lange weg te gaan.
Twaalf aanbevelingen voor een Open Overheid
Dit stuk verschijnt ook op het discussieplatform over Open Politiek op Dodlab.org Lang, lang geleden dook ik vanaf mijn huis in het parlementaire documentatiesysteem van de Tweede Kamer. Waarom?
De lange weg naar open politieke data
Databloggen met Sargasso
De wereld draait op data. Nog nooit werd er zoveel data geproduceerd als nu: iedere twee dagen net zoveel als zo’n beetje de hele twee millennia ervoor. De kunst is om eerst informatie en dan kennis uit die data te halen. Bedrijven schrapen internet af en spitten hun klantbestanden door om nieuwe verkoopkansen te vinden en processen te stroomlijnen. Overheden gebruiken enorme publieke (en steeds vaker private) databanken om beleid van een feitelijke basis te voorzien.Vandaag een gastbijdrage van Noor Huijboom en Bas Kotterink , werkzaam bij TNO. De bijdrage stond eerder in NRC Handelsblad. In zijn recente boek Je hebt het niet van mij, maar… pleit Joris Luyendijk voor meer openheid over contacten tussen lobbyisten en ambtenaren.

