Tag Archives: open data

Measuring the value of data reuse

September 2, 2009 – 2:48 pm

I went to the Open Government Data barcamp in the weekend, where I starting a discussion on how to measure the value of reusing government held data.
I shared the ways that I had found it had being done overseas:

The District of Columbia estimated the cost developing the software that won their reuse of data [...]

By Clifton | Posted in Govt 2.0, Participation | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (5)

Exposing non-personal data in new ways

August 3, 2009 – 5:39 pm

As many readers of this blog will know, SSC has been pursuing various work-streams under the rubric of the Open Government Information and Data Re-use work Project. It is continuing to do so in collaboration with, among others, the ICT Group at the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA).
One of the many issues we’ve encountered along [...]

By Keitha Booth | Posted in Govt 2.0, Participation | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (14)

Monty Python and Government

November 21, 2008 – 9:07 am

I was struck by the significance of a news article, that the Monty Python team have launched their own YouTube channel, saying they’re tired of being “ripped off” by YouTubers.   Here you have a creative team that first start producing content in the 1970s,  moving to adopt a new channel — YouTube.

On the same day, there was [...]

By Mike Pearson | Posted in Govt 2.0 | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)