German government screws up open data
Last year, the German government commissioned a fairly extensive study (Link) on open data, and started preparations for an open government data portal. The open data community felt somewhat relieved. After all, lobbying for more open government in Germany, the cradle of prussian bureaucracy, is not exactly an easy task. This is a state apparatus ...
Representative study in Germany attests urgent need for open government
Earlier this year, on February 28, a Berlin working group introduced the results of a representative study carried out to measure public perception in Germany of transparency and open government measures. The working group, consisting of representatives from a small number of NGOs active in open government advocacy (see our previous article), presented the study ...
Announcing the Open Gov Germany interview series
As a special warm-up, we have decided to launch OpenGovGermany with a series of interviews. We are going to talk to change makers and key open government individuals in the German open government community about their activities, successes and failures, visions and backgrounds. We believe that change begins with people who have great ideas and ...
Is there a German Open Government movement?
The short answer: Now there is. The long answer: it is a bit more complicated. The efforts coming from many areas in society to put pressure on the public sector to change, adopt new technologies, to open up and to engage its citizens, are fractured efforts. While some start adopting US-style web campaigning, setting up ...