Nigel Shadbolt says it's time to accelerate the use of government data in generating innovation. Posted by Nigel Shadbolt, Guardian - Transparency Hub, Friday 16 December 2011. "Data is variously described as the oxygen of the digital economy or the new raw material of the 21st century. So it is good to see that the UK is setting a cracking pace as it opens up government data for anyone to reuse.
Detailed data is made available every month on central and local government spending. Each month reported crime data is made available from every police force at an unprecedented level of detail. There have been releases of geographic data, health service performance data and transport data..."
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