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Liever geen pottenkijkers Vrijheid van informatie, openbaarheid van bestuur Nederland bungelt ergens tussen Zuid-Korea en Niger als het gaat om het recht op informatie voor burgers. 'Zet gewoon die bonnetjes op internet. Dan is er geen spektakel, geen gedoe.'
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. It's a bold and enabling action to take online.
Green Car Congress: 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. Data.gov , the repository for publicly available data that was promised as a platform to power software and analysis created by and for the public, will remain open. But "there will be no enhancements or other development to address needs for improvement." According to an analysis of Kundra's letter by the watchdog Sunlight Foundation , Data.gov may slow drastically in its efforts to both offer more data and ensure the quality of that data.
Train stations in Britain listed and mapped: find out how busy each one is | News | guardian.co.uk
The most comprehensive dataset about Britain's train stations ever published. Help us make it even better • Get the dataIn 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? - GovLoop - Social Network for Government
Toxic 100 Air Polluters: The Companies Ruining Our Nation's Air - Environment - GOOD
It's no news flash that big corporations pollute. But do you ever wonder which are the worst offenders? University of Massachusetts' Political Economy Research Institute has a tool to clue you in. Released last year, the Toxic 100 Air Polluters index identifies the companies that our polluting our country's air. The index is based on data of air released of hundreds of chemicals from industrial facilities and sites throughout the country.Transparency International on oil companies and corruption: who is the most open? | News | guardian.co.uk
Transparency International reports on corruption policies of oil companies. The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burning in the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph: AP Are the world's oil companies fighting corruption - or helping perpetuate it? The report out today by Transparency International and Revenue Watch examines the polices of 44 companies responsible for 60% of the world's oil production. With the focus on the collapse of oil-rich Libya now, the behaviour of these big companies behind the scenes in countries around the world becomes even more important.
Provincies hebben baat bij open data
GroenLinks Tweede Kamerlid Arjan El Fassed vindt dat provincies niet kunnen achterblijven met het openstellen van overheidsgegevens. Dit voorjaar komt de rijksoverheid met een visie op open data. Maar daar hoeft niet op gewacht te worden. Nu al vinden op gemeentelijk niveau veel initiatieven op dit gebied plaats. El Fassed: “Er is enorme behoefte aan het hergebruiken van overheidsgegevens.
The 2010 US Census has begun publishing its detailed demographic data state by state and the race now begins to see which data geeks can do the coolest things with the information. Remember when large-scale social data was only collected once a decade? When terms like "social graph" and "interest graph" didn't even exist? It turns out that old fashioned data still has a lot to teach us.
Your Neighborhood Data Visualized: Startup Builds Census Map Block by Block
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De Nederlandse overheid raakt steeds verder achterop met ICT. GroenLinks Tweede Kamerlid Arjan El Fassed riep daarom minister Donner (BZK) op haast te maken met de implementatie van open source, open standaarden en open data. “Hoe langer we wachten, hoe moeilijker het wordt om los te komen van grote monopolisten die nu ons ICT beleid bepalen.Vooruit! De toekomst centraal. Dat is het thema van de Jonge Ambtenarendag 2012. In aanloop naar de dag, dit jaar op donderdag 29 maart, blikt re.Public vooruit op het programma.
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Nederland was vorige maand niet aanwezig op een belangrijke bespreking in het Witte Huis over de openheid van overheidsinformatie. In veel landen, waaronder de VS en Groot-Brittannië, worden grote stappen gezet om overheidsgegevens beschikbaar te maken voor het publiek en bedrijfsleven. GroenLinks wil dit ook in Nederland. GroenLinks-Kamerlid Arjan El Fassed stelde hierover vandaag schriftelijke vragen aan de minister van Binnenlandse Zaken.
Zonder open data mist Nederland internationaal de boot | GroenLinks Tweede Kamer
Overheidsgegevens en data moeten vrijelijk beschikbaar zijn, dat is de mondiale trend. Nederland heeft daarin nog een lange weg te gaan. TNO maakt in opdracht van het Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties een overzicht van de ervaringen met ‘Open Overheid’-beleid van zes landen: de Verenigde Staten, het Verenigd Koninkrijk, Australië, Denemarken, Spanje en Estland.
Verbindt gemeenteambtenaren - Twaalf aanbevelingen voor een Open Overheid
Het direct volgen van wat er in de Tweede Kamer gebeurde was tot de komst van internet alleen voorbehouden aan journalisten, politici, lobbyisten en mensen met heel veel tijd over. Maar nu kon ineens iedereen vanuit zijn luie huiskamerstoel alles inzien. Tenminste, dat was het idee.