ODUG Letter To The New Government 2015 June 26, 2015 | Stuart Chalmers “Following the recent appointment of a Government Chief Data Officer, and the formation of a new Government, ODUG would like to highlight the key issues facing users and producers of Open Data during the new Parliament” Read the full statement here: ODUG_Letter_to_the_new_Government.pdf… Read More
Lessons Learned from the first three years of the Open Data User Group (ODUG) June 26, 2015 | Stuart Chalmers “ODUG has provided strong evidence-based advice to the UK Government, initially via the Data Strategy Board, later via the Public Sector Transparency Board, to make the case for the release of Public Sector datasets as Open Data for the wider public good.” Read the full lessons learned document here: ODUG_3-Year_Lessons_Learned.pdf… Read More
Open Data, The ONS and Government Statistics June 11, 2015 | Stuart Chalmers “If you are hoping for an open data revolution in government that could deliver new knowledge, statistics and understanding of our society and economy, one place that you might hope to see it appear is in the Office for National Statistics. The progress to date has been very disappointing but future prospects are more rosy.” Read the full… Read More
The open data failures of the coalition and how it can be put right June 11, 2015 | Stuart Chalmers A post by ODUG member Simon Briscoe with his thoughts on the Coalition and their delivery of the Open Data agenda. Read the full article here: http://www.statslife.org.uk/opinion/2292-the-open-data-failures-of-the-coalition-and-how-it-can-be-put-right… Read More
Open data “map” of UK May 14, 2015 | Stuart Chalmers “Which parts of the public sector are battling to open up data – or resisting it – in the UK? There are so many moving parts it’s hard to say, really. So, I have produced this “map” to set out the main players and their links to each other.” Full post from ODUG member Simon… Read More
ODUG Letter to ONS on House price measures March 31, 2015 | Stuart Chalmers ODUG letter to the Office of National Statistics, 31st March 2015 Read full letter here: 20150331_ODUG_Letter_to_ONS… Read More
Four challenges for the future of Open Data March 27, 2015 | Stuart Chalmers A new blog post, “Four challenges for the future of Open Data”, by ODUG member Giuseppe Sollazzo has been published on data.gov.uk: http://data.gov.uk/blog/four-challenges-future-open-data… Read More