Tag Archives: opengovt

Mouthwash vs Deathwash

October 1, 2009 – 11:58 am

This is a guest post by Hadyn Green. Hadyn Green is a Senior Analyst in the Ministry of Education’s Research Division. His main area of work is student assessment and he works with data on a daily basis.
At the Open Govt BarCamp held recently, one group was asked to raise their hands if they believed [...]

By Matt Lane | Posted in Govt 2.0 | Also tagged , , , | Comments (7)

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)

NZ Open Govt Data Barcamp/Hackfest

July 31, 2009 – 9:00 am

In my earlier post, A wizard behind a curtain, we celebrated an early step in an age of value being added to Government information. Days later, an article was published which better articulated what I hoped was beginning for New Zealand Government:
“These innovations are not primarily creatures of government or the marketplace. They represent a [...]

By Matt Lane | Posted in Govt 2.0, Participation | Also tagged , , | Comments (3)