There are two Cabinet Office consultations taking place at the moment around open data: one around data policy for the new Public Data Corporation (PDC), and another around the government’s policy around transparency and open data strategy. This should be of enormous interest to any media organisation – a key opportunity to influence the availability of information of public interest.
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If who are excited about the prospect of open data, but frustrated by its execution (or just one of those people who complain that data doesn’t change anything), the government are inviting comments on what shape the Public Data Corporation should take. It’s a refreshingly simple execution: a WordPress blog with each question as a separate blog post – presumably
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Last month I blogged about the consultation currently taking place on the law of defamation and the multiple publication rule. The deadline for that is today. Below I’ve published my own responses. If you feel I’ve got something wrong or missed something, please let me know. Question 1. Taking into account the arguments set out [in the document], do you
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Forget about turning your Twitter avatar green or adding a Twibbon, here’s something you can do today which can make a genuine difference to both professional journalists and bloggers: write to the Ministry of Justice as part of their consultation on defamation which has just a few weeks left: “This consultation seeks views on the ‘multiple publication rule’ under which
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