[Bradford] Fwd: Leeds Data Thing

[John R. Hudson]

Thanks for that, Paul.

John
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On Sun, 2013-02-03 at 10:35 +0000, Paul Colley wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> 
> I didn't like to leap in and appear 'stupid enough' but...
> 
> 
> ...I've been publishing information about the whole open data
> 'movement' in Briefing Bradford over the last couple of years and
> thought you might be interesting in a few of the items that we've
> included. It would be great if we could replicate the Leeds Data Thing
> in Bradford - I think there may be some interest from within the local
> voluntary and community sector as well as in health and the local
> authority.
> 
> 
> ---
> 
> 
> Find out about Open Data…
> 
> 
> …the move by local and central government to put all of the
> information that they store about us, finances, projects, services…
> online. The opening up of data in this way offers great opportunities
> for voluntary orgs, which as a sector we're only just starting to
> explore. 
> www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/networkingdiscussions/blogs/18088/10/07/09/technologyreading-090710
> <BRIEFING BRADFORD AUGUST 2010>
>  
> Encouraging community use of public data 
> A new project, Making a Difference with Data, has its website at
> http://www.madwdata.org.uk. It aims to spread understanding about open
> data and transparency in local public services, 'de-specialise' the
> area and encourage public use of the ever-increasing amount of public
> information which is being made available. There are links to existing
> data and examples, and hopefully practical resources soon.
> 
> <BRIEFING BRADFORD MARCH 2011>
>  
> Government “app store” 
> With 'Open data’ no longer an optional extra, the Government Digital
> Service will create an official 'app store' at: 
> http://puffbox.com/2011/07/12/public-services-white-paperpromises-gds-app-store/.
> <BRIEFING BRADFORD AUGUST 2011>
>  
> OPEN DATA
> Requesting Government Data: The next step in open use of government
> data is a form on data.gov.uk to enable anyone who has an idea for a
> dataset which is not yet accessible to make a request and indicate the
> benefits of releasing the data. Possible options given on the form for
> use of data are community work or research, as well as business or
> personal use. Open Data User Group's latest article at
> http://data.gov.uk/blog/odugs‐call‐for‐open‐data‐requests, form at
> http://data.gov.uk/node/add/data‐request.
>  
> Elsewhere, VCS Open aims to provide a directory of VCS Open Data
> across the web with a showcase of opened data – data which has been
> hacked or analysed to yield exciting results. The blog includes a
> report on Lasa’s recent open data event.
> http://vcsopen.wordpress.com/.
> <BRIEFING BRADFORD NOVEMBER 2012>
> 
> 
> ---
> 
> 
> We’ve also carried numerous articles about the Bradford Public Health
> Observatory:
> http://www.bradfordobservatory.com/ 
> http://www.observatory.bradford.nhs.uk/Pages/Default.aspx
>  
> and the Maps & Stats site:
> http://www.mapsandstats.com/
> 
> 
> ---
> 
> 
> Thanks to everyone at Bradlug who has helped promote FOSS in our
> newsletter - and thanks also for your generous and supportive approach
> to the new 'free' meeting room arrangement and your very welcome
> donations. We are about to be hit with a third consecutive year of
> cuts (each year around 7-10% gross) so every little definitely helps.
> 
> 
> All the best
> 
> 
> Paul Colley
> Bradford CVS Publications Officer
> 
>         
>         ______________________________________________________________
>         From: Philip Wyett <philip.wyett at cohere-tech.co.uk>
>         To: bradford <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> 
>         Sent: Sunday, 3 February 2013, 5:34
>         Subject: Re: [Bradford] Fwd: Leeds Data Thing
>         
>         
>         On Saturday 02 Feb 2013 13:08:42 Andrew Back wrote:
>         > On 1 February 2013 19:19, Philip Wyett
>         <philip.wyett at cohere-tech.co.uk> 
>         wrote:
>         > > Anyone stupid enough to go to this is waiting to get sued.
>         We have a
>         > > little
>         > > thing called the data protection act. You make any public
>         disclosure your
>         > > employer or your contractor will have you. ;-)
>         > 
>         > I suspect a global open data movement and quite a few in UK
>         Government
>         > [1] would have serious issues with that curious statement.
>         >£10M of
>         > tax payer's money suggests you're a little off the mark
>         here.
>         > 
>         > Cheers,
>         > 
>         > Andrew
>         > 
>         > [1] E.g. see:
>         > 
>         >  http://data.gov.uk/
>         >  http://www.theodi.org/
>         
>         Good information sources. There are some Open Data projects
>         etc. and you are 
>         correct my statement was off the mark.
>         
>         Regards
>         
>         Phil
>         
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