Tag Archives: re-use

Perspectives on Open Data: Workshop on the Re-use of Government-held Non-personal Data

On Wednesday 18 February 2009 the State Services Commission hosted a discussion on aspects of data re-use. Sponsored by GOVIS, with five expert panellists (Nat Torkington, Fiona Romeo, Toby Segaran, Adrian Holovaty and David Recordon) supplied by Webstock, this was a wide-ranging discussion covering policy questions and technical issues. Staff of the Strategy and Innovation [...]

Government Information and Data Re-use: Job Vacancies

Here in the GCIO we’re considering the question of government information and data re-use. We want to work together with suppliers of non-personal government information, opening the vaults, releasing the butterfly from its chrysalis. To keep ourselves firmly rooted in reality we’re looking at the problem through the lens of a real-world test case: job [...]

Promoting Government Information and Data Re-use

Further to Vikram Kumar’s excellent Showing us a better way post, here is some information about the Open Government Information and Data Re-use project, led by the State Services Commission.
Here also is our just released Promoting Government Information and Data Re-use Background Paper. We have summarised the New Zealand government information environment, described key international government information policies and initiatives, and are proposing a [...]