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Has the Government finally grokked the Internet?
Could UK.gov be starting to turn the corner on engaging the public through technology? There’s been a rash of good e-Government news this week surrounding access to public data and consultations (as well as the odd bad idea – well, can’t win ‘em all I suppose).
First up: The Office of Public Sector Information has launched [...]
Progress on public access to public data
The Power of Information Task Force, championed by Tom Watson MP, has announced a fantastic new Open Government initiative: a public-data mashup competition!
It’s great that the Government is soliciting new ideas for re-using public information, but what’s even better is that this competition is accompanied by a whole raft of new public APIs, and the [...]