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Data has been variously described as the new oil or the new raw material of the 21st century. Like other raw materials, its value is not always immediately evident – specialist tools and effort are required to locate, extract and…

In April 2012, NASA led an international collaboration with government agencies and civil society organizations around the world that culminated in a two day technology development event called the International Space Apps Challenge. The goal of the event was to…

Courtesy of our friends at the guardian Public Leaders Network, the video below features Peter Ong head of the Singapore civil service, speaking about digital transformation in public services in Singapore. The video is also available on our YouTube channel. This…

This is the third in our five part series of Q&As with selected countries and their experiences with the OGP process at the national level. This post is a Q&A with Veronica Cretu, President “CMB” Training Center, Coordinator of the…

From hackathons to social media, open government is transforming the way that Mayor Bloomberg’s administration and New York City government serve the public. And there has been no greater testament to open government’s potential than the strategy and innovation in…

UK Prime Minister David Cameron today kicked off his country's year-long presidency of the Group of Eight Industrialised Nations by writing a letter to his counterparts. The good news for the open government movement is that it's clear that his…

The Open Government Partnership blog launched in April 2012 and has since featured 48 guest bloggers and had 13,000 unique visitors -- so we'd like to say a big thank you for your support and that we're really looking forward…

This is the second in a five part series of posts based on Q&As with selected countries and their experiences with the OGP process at the national level. This post is a Q&A with Emilene Morales Martinez, independent Regional Civil Society Coordinator…

open-right-conference-dmitry.jpg Source: RIA Novosti/Ekaterina Shtukina We are happy to share with you the information about OGP-related activity in Russia. On 12th -13th December, an open government conference took place in Moscow. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, officials from Russian federal and regional…

Source: Chris Herwig, Mapbox       In our conversations surrounding open government data, both domestically and internationally, we should be discussing best practices for making open data more open and accessible. Concretely, open data projects should include bulk data…