Mar 6, 2019Data Rich, Data Poor, Data Powerful, Data Powerless: Toward a New Agenda For Data RightsA growing number of civil society organizations and experts are thinking about how to build a stronger and more just “data society”. In an increasingly data-rich world, civil society actors are making demands for a new set of rights based on concepts linked to open data, big data, my data…Data3 min readData3 min read
Nov 21, 2018“Smart cities” pose fresh ethical challenges for open governanceBy: Alex Howard. — Where do “smart cities” meet open cities? Technology is implicated in both, but the forces in society that back each of the visions are often radically different. The role technology can, should, or will play in cities is a tension that ran through the Open Cities Summit on Monday, as…Smart Cities4 min readSmart Cities4 min read
Oct 26, 2018La Nacion showcases open data journalism in the public interestBy: Alex Howard. — For years, La Nacion’s data team showed the world how to practice award-winning data journalism in a country with no freedom of information law, prying secrets from the halls of power to inform Argentines about what was being done in their name, with their funds. On September 25, La Nacion…Journalism2 min readJournalism2 min read
Oct 26, 2018Progress, perils, and potential lie ahead for open data’s next chapterBy: Alex Howard. — The continued existence of the International Open data Conference tells one story about institutional commitment to convening this gathering. The nature, number and diversity of its participants told another. The stories we all tell one another are at the heart of why people remain invested in building the changes they…Open Data4 min readOpen Data4 min read
Oct 12, 2018Open Data Research Symposium builds evidence base for opening upBy: Alex Howard. — Freedom of information advocates have been pushing government to open up for centuries. Over the past decade, advocacy around improving public access to public information has expanded to include publishing government information online in a structured format as open data. In 2018, however, many people are hungry for more evidence…Open Data2 min readOpen Data2 min read
Oct 11, 2018Open Data for Development Works to Identify Open Data needs and ChallengesBy: Alex Howard. — The more the world around opening data changes, the more issues with open data stay the same. On September 24, the Open Data for Development (OD4D) Network Summit convened its members from around the world to share the challenges that they’ve encountered in opening up data in their regions, to…Sustainable Development4 min readSustainable Development4 min read
Sep 26, 2018Open Cities Summit Showcases Progress and Challenges for Open GovernanceBy: Alex Howard — On September 24, over a hundred participants considered what “open” means for a city today at the second Open Cities Summit in Buenos Aires, going beyond open data and “smart” initiatives to public access, expression, assembly, participation, and, ultimately, power and agency. The majority of humanity lives, works, studies and…Open Data4 min readOpen Data4 min read
Sep 25, 2018The Open Data Impact Map: A unique global resourceThis blog was written by Joel Gurin Since 2015, the Open Data Impact Map has been a valuable resource for t the global open data community. The Map, a project of the Center for Open Data Enterprise (CODE) for the Open Data for Development (OD4D) program, is a public database…Open Data3 min readOpen Data3 min read
Sep 25, 2018Pol.is — Let’s make #IODC18 a conversation about the future!Contribute to the conversation: crowdsourcing the future of open data at IODC Every IODC we like to experiment with ways to gather collective input on a joint agenda and take the pulse of the community (see: Roadmap 2016). This year, we’re experimenting with an online conversation tool called Pol.is to…Open Data4 min readOpen Data4 min read
Sep 22, 2018Private Sector chapter — the State of Open DataInsights from the Impact Map The Open Data Impact Map, a project of the Open Data for Development network, is a searchable, sortable database of organizations using open government data around the world. About two-thirds of those organizations, more than 1100 of them, are for-profit companies. These two charts show that these businesses include companies…Open Data2 min readOpen Data2 min read
