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Processes of unlocking data: open data study
To use open government data, first there has to be some data there. For reasons of scope and space, the dramatic opening up of government datasets over the last few years is likely to be little more...
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Data & Information
Following on from a meeting of the UK Government’s Local Data Panel, Dan Slee, Michael Grimes and Stuart Harrison have set up a handy local data wiki looking at some of the common arguments against,...
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A timeline of open government data
I’ve been working on the literature review section of my dissertation write up in the last week or so – and as part of that I started putting together a time-line of events that I thought were...
View ArticleWhy put government data online?
I’m revisiting my literature review as I enter the last few weeks of writing up this study for my MSc dissertation, and I wanted to try and get a sense of all the different arguments that have been put...
View ArticleWho is using open government data? Survey analysis
I’ve been uploading more of the raw data from the survey to the survey page today alongside putting together a reflective-journal/open-workbench presentation detailing the analysis behind the ‘Open...
View ArticleFirst findings: West Midlands Open Data presentation
I shared some the draft findings of this study at a West Midlands Open Data event last week. I was speaking right before lunch, and the programme had over-run a little – so what you get in the video...
View ArticleAlmost there…
After a few weeks battling with a very tight word-limit (note to self: don’t try an exploratory, mixed-method and strongly qualitative research design if faced with a 10,000 word limit in future…) I’ve...
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Submitted.
The University bit is done. Having a few days to breathe – and then I’ll try and work out how best to draw out the practical learning from the project…
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Online version: Open Data, Democracy and Public Sector Reform
A report based on the research for my MSc Dissertation is now available here*. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the research whether in discussions, interviews or responding to the survey. As...
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Web Science Poster #rswebsci
The following poster (also available on the report pages – please link there if referencing) was presented at the ‘Web Science: A New Frontier’ satellite meeting at The Royal Society Kavli Centre, 29th...
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