Local News Engine is a prototype project to help journalists/reporters scrutinise local accountability information such as planning and licensing applications. A critical part of this is actually getting hold of planning and licensing applications … [Read more...] about Local authority data store increases availability of data by two orders of magnitude
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How Sadiq Khan can make the London administration transparent
Sadiq Khan said 'I am determined to lead the most transparent, engaged and accessible administration London has ever seen' in the opening words of his speech at swearing in. I’ve been working on transparency for ten years now, much of it London … [Read more...] about How Sadiq Khan can make the London administration transparent
Towards a ‘Local News Engine’ #opendata
Weekly lists of local civic information (law courts, planning, licensing of alcohol, entertainment, adult, gambling etc) are a strong source of story leads for local journalists of all types. These lists can be over 500 pages long, requiring … [Read more...] about Towards a ‘Local News Engine’ #opendata
Regulating data in the UK – political swarf #data #opendata
I was one of the non-partisan 'expert panel' that produced the 'Digital Government Review' delivered to the Labour Party. I did a lot of work on data regulation and Labour made a rare policy commitment to a review of data policy. Labour did not win … [Read more...] about Regulating data in the UK – political swarf #data #opendata
The UK Supreme Court and the mysterious case of the submarining videos
The UK Supreme Court said the other day that it was only making video available online for a year citing some storage, copyright and cost reasons that didn't seem right to me. With my Crime and Justice Sector Transparency Panel hat on I wrote about … [Read more...] about The UK Supreme Court and the mysterious case of the submarining videos
Supreme Court in one step forward, one step back for transparency – for one year only….. #opendata
The UK Supreme Court is publishing video of its proceedings on its website in a video on demand service. This is welcome. What is baffling is the decision to remove the videos after a year both for copyright, capacity and possibly cost … [Read more...] about Supreme Court in one step forward, one step back for transparency – for one year only….. #opendata