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Data danger: Will government cuts make it harder to get what we wan…
http://j.mp/aMDG3O #opendata
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To find out when the 2009/2010 accounts of major local authorities are open to public inspection, click the links below.
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As if the 4 week window wasn't bad enough: Legal threat to journalists over town hall audits
http://j.mp/cp8JBV
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RT @adrielhampton: RT @robertharm Open Data: United Nations to follow World Bank
http://data.un.org #opendata #data #un /via @Gov20de
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Following a marathon session demoing Yahoo Pipes yesterday (the slides I didn’t really use but pretty much covered are available here) I thought I’d start to have a look at what would be involved in generating a Pipes2PHP, Pipes2Py, or Pipes2JS conversion tool as I’ve alluded to before (What Happens If Yahoo! Pipes Dies?)…
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The Applications Register database contains information about software & hardware products and their use by UK local authorities and other public sector organisations. Our subscription-based service (add link to subscribe section) provides access to a vast amount of information on product and service usage throughout the UK.
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So instead of trying to train and cajole 450 councils to FTP assorted CSV files into localdata.gov.uk (FFS) all the way through to grokking RDF, namespaces, LOD et al – why does the government not get on and make a strategy to bully and coerce 6 suppliers instead – and potentially get 326 councils teed up to produce useful LOD a bit sharpish?
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# Find the number of articles by MPs on journalisted.com
# Uses the TWFY and Journalisted APIs – no actual scraping needed!
# The Python code just mashes up the two.
# NB: if used for actual research, needs manual checking
# to ensure MPs aren't confused with similarly-named journalists.
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The public until Tuesday had the right to know the names of the officials working on their behalf and of lobbyists trying to influence those officials. However Tuesday the 29th of June the European Court of Justice decided that the strict data protection rules should weigh more than the public interest rules. The outcome is devastating for the public’s right to know: This reverses the burden of proof, says expert lawyer. A ‘depressing judgement’ says key-politician.
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Great source of global stats on education
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RT @se1: Great blog post re absurd photography restrictions around City Hall imposed by More London Estate management
http://se1.info/bs7gdK
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