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Sharing knowledge: VIPS on exclusive UN list for open source digital goods - Nibio
A new international initiative the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), endorsed by the UN, aims to accelerate attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in low- and middle-income countries by investing and sharing openly licensed technologies. This includes open source software, data, AI models, standards and content that adhere to privacy and other applicable best practices. VIPS, an open online free of charge forecast and information service for decision support in integrated management of pests, diseases and weeds - created by the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, NIBIO, is one of 22 technologies chosen from almost 500 nominees for the registry. The MET Norway Weather API also made the list from Norway.
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Should Your NGO Go Open Source?
The open source model of universal access and collaborative intelligence has extended from Web development to global development. NGO leaders can maximize the impact of their organizations either by taking their models to scale or opening the books on their projects and programs and allowing peer organizations to take them and run with them. Whether proprietary information belongs in the business of fighting poverty is open to debate. On one hand, intellectual property can drive competition and innovation, but on the other hand, collaborative models can lead to greater success stories.
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Skunkworks Opens Up IT For Debate
Healthcare communities need to take responsibility for establishing the interoperability of IT systems, said one of the speakers during the Skunkworks debate at EHI Live 2012. Read More »
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Smart Disclosure Makes Consumers Happier And Markets Better
The government collects reams of information that might benefit citizens, but just opening that data up to the public isn’t enough, according to a task force report released Thursday. Read More »
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Socrata Joins Open Data Institute (ODI)
Cloud Software Company Provides Tools, Technology and Expertise to Boost Government Decision-Making and Efficiency While Aiding Economic Growth Read More »
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Socrata Partners With Ethos To Deliver Government Open Performance Solution In The United Kingdom And Europe
Socrata, a Seattle and London-based, open government, open data, and open performance solutions company, has announced a strategic partnership with UK headquartered, Ethos, the leading provider of “Smart City” solutions. Together, Socrata and Ethos will partner to deliver an open performance solution specifically designed to create measurable outcomes for cities and municipalities in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe.
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Socrata Raises $18M For Platform To Open Government Data
Socrata has raised $18 million to further the extension of its open-data platform now used at all levels of government to present information for the general public. Read More »
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Socrata's Open Data Solutions Now Available on Windows Azure
Socrata, the cloud software company that's leading the shift to the data-driven government, announced today a multi-year strategic relationship with Microsoft that brings advanced open data technologies to public sector organizations worldwide, on the Windows Azure cloud platform. Read More »
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Socrata’s New 2014 Benchmark Report Shows Rapid and Widespread Adoption of Open Data By Governments
...the research confirms that open data is growing quickly; that governments throughout the country have already realized the benefits of open data; and that open data is, and will be, a primary tool for governments to interact with their many stakeholders.
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Software Is About to Eat Chronic Disease and Save Us
Changes are coming. Unprecedented access to data about providers, results of procedures and quality of hospitals and other care giving institutions will be expanding in amazing ways as electronic health records legislation ripples through the industry. The BlueButton Health project is a great example and this is just the beginning. Read More »
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Sophomore class of Presidential Innovation Fellows announced
The White House welcomed 43 innovators into federal service today, as a new round of Presidential Innovation Fellows was tapped for duty. Read More »
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SPARC 2014 Open Access Meeting Speakers Accounced
SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is pleased to announce a strong slate of speakers for its upcoming Open Access Meeting, to be held March 3 and 4 in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Philip Bourne, the newly-appointed Associate Director for Data Science at the National Institutes of Health, will deliver the opening keynote address. Read More »
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Strata Week: New Open-Data Initiatives in Canada and the UK
Embassy Magazine broke the news this week that all of Statistics Canada's online data will be made available to the public for free, released under the Government of Canada's Open Data License Agreement beginning in February 2012. Statistics Canada is the federal agency commissioned with producing statistics to help understand the Canadian economy, culture, resources, and population. (It runs the Canadian census every five years.)
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Strengthening Democracy In South Africa
Across the globe, access to critical laws, parliamentary information and locally relevant news and an informed and engaged citizenry contribute towards a thriving democracy. South Africa is no different. I came across a number of organisations which are contributing towards this process in very different ways. Read More »
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SunGard Public Sector And Socrata Announce Strategic Engagement
SunGard Public Sector (www.sungardps.com), a leading provider of software and services solutions for local government and public safety agencies, today announced a strategic engagement with Socrata (www.socrata.com), a cloud software company focused on democratizing access to public sector data – both internally and externally – by and for organizations of all sizes around the world. Under the terms of the agreement, SunGard Public Sector will offer Socrata's innovative Open DataTM and Open PerformanceTM solutions, along with Socrata's suite of financial transparency apps, to its customers across North America...
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