Government departments publish real time energy use for headquarters buildings
Following the PM’s announcement on 14 May 2010, 18 department HQ buildings now haveread more
View ArticleDrive for Transparency and new data released
The Prime Minister has announced a radical plan to open up Government data to the public.read more
View ArticleInterview with Tim Davies
Tim Davies has been exploring the intersection of youth engagement, social justice and social technologies for the last 10 years. Between 2003 and 2006 Tim was a part time trainer and consultant with...
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Applications in the news
You may have noted some of the new applications listed on the site, a number of which have been in the news lately.Of particular note is the ASBOrometer which is a mobile application (iPhone and...
View ArticleCOINS CODING - A SEMINAR on 2 JULY
The Treasury recognises the complexity of the coding used in the COINS data that have been released.read more
View ArticleGuest Post: How I built ASBOrometer - Jeff Gilfelt
In February 2010 I created a mobile application called ASBOrometer, which I described as a tool that measures levels of anti-social behaviour at your current locaread more
View ArticleSite Enhancements
Many thanks to everyone who has taken the time to give us early feedback and comments on the data.gov.uk public beta site. We've been heartened by the many messages of support, but you have also...
View ArticleFinance data (COINS) goes live
As part of the Prime Minister’s Transparency initiative, the Treasury has today taken the unprecedented step of publishing data from the Combined Online Information System (COINS) for 2008-09 and...
View ArticleGuest Post: A Developers' Guide to the Linked Data APIs - Jeni Tennison
Linked data offers some great advantages for publishing government data.read more
View ArticleCommunity Account
An important part of data.gov.uk is us working with you to listen and help you build and show great applications for public data. During the developer preview phase, over 2400 people enrolled in the...
View Articlelegislation.gov.uk API
This week The National Archives launched www.legislation.gov.uk, which brings together legislation from across the UK in one place.read more
View ArticleGetting started with our data
An important part of the work we are doing is to provide easy access to data, so developers can re-use it in their own applications. Many developers want to download datasets to include in their...
View ArticleProject update
Over the election period we have been continuing our work behind the scenes based on your feedback, and we are launching a number of new features to data.gov.uk which we hope improves the site for...
View ArticleWork on Local Spending Data
Work to open up expenditure data from central and local government is gathering pace, and the first movers are working hard to resolve the technical, licensing and other issues involved.read more
View ArticleSneak-peek site open
This site is aimed at helping developers, entrepreneurs and others find and use public sector information. It will grow into a single online point of access for government-held public data, where we...
View ArticleUsing SPARQL with our education datasets
One of the large databases that have been converted into Linked Data by the data.gov.uk team is Edubase, DCSFs database of all the schools. This is a large database (about 6 million triples) and a...
View ArticlePublic Launch
Hello and welcome to the public beta of data.gov.uk.Data.gov.uk acts as an online point of access for government-held non-personal data. This is to enable people like you to take it, re-use it and make...
View Article(Almost) 150 new data sets
You may have noticed that today was the launch of a new Government White Paper – Putting the Frontline First: Smarter Government. The Digital Engagement blog has the details but it has enabled us to...
View ArticleSite improvements – feedback wanted
We’re conscious that a number of suggestions have been made about how to develop the front end site and we have been working on some of the smaller items, and are now considering the next phase of...
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