Here's a idea - why not ask Tom Steinberg to come and do a talk + Q&A for ORG like we did with Bruce Schiener? I'd push for TBL but he's likely to be a busy chap :-).
Fill a hall if we get enough and go down the pub if not... On 2 June 2010 15:04, Francis Irving <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, it's good. > > The challenge now rests on all of us as a community - what great > things can we build as all the data comes out? > > Things that are positive, and give "simple, tangible benefits" to > people. > > Francis > > On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 03:54:22PM +0200, Dan Brickley wrote: > > Fwd from UK govt data list... > > > > This all sounds pretty positive, > > > > Dan > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: <[email protected]> > > Date: Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:47 PM > > Subject: [uk-government-data-developers] Drive for Transparency and > > new data released > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Good afternoon, > > > > > > > > The Prime Minister has announced a radical plan to open up Government > > data to the public. In a letter sent to all Government departments and > > his first podcast on transparency, the PM set out ambitious plans to > > open up data and set challenging deadlines to public bodies for the > > publication of information on topics including crime, hospital > > infections and Government spending. > > > > > > > > In his letter, the PM said: > > > > > > > > “Greater transparency across Government is at the heart of our > > shared commitment to enable the public to hold politicians and public > > bodies to account; to reduce the deficit and deliver better value for > > money in public spending; and to realise significant economic benefits > > by enabling businesses and non-profit organisations to build > > innovative applications and websites using public data.” > > > > > > > > Key commitments set out in the letter include the publication of all > > new central Government ICT contracts from July 2010 and the > > publication of details of all DFID international development projects > > over £500 from January 2011. > > > > > > > > Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude will chair a new Transparency > > Board, including experts and advocates such as Sir Tim Berners-Lee, > > Nigel Shadbolt and Tom Steinberg, to drive the agenda across > > Government. You can read the full details in the PM's letter to > > departments on transparency. > > > > > > > > As Francis Maude says: > > > > > > > > “We are pulling back the curtains to let light into the corridors of > > power. By being open and accountable we can start to win back > > people’s trust. Openness will not be comfortable for us in government; > > but it will enable the public to hold our feet to the fire. This way > > lies better government. Transparency is key to our efficiency drive, > > and will enable the public to help us to deliver better value for > > money in public spending.” > > > > > > > > The first of these data sets are now live on data.gov.uk: > > > > > > > > Weekly Hospital apportioned counts of MRSA bacteraemia and C. > > Difficile infections by hospital. Tables include a rolling 12 week > > period of unsigned off MRSA bacteraemia counts - > > > http://data.gov.uk/dataset/nhs-meticillin-resistant-staphylococcus-aureus-bacteraemia-dataset-weekly > > and http://data.gov.uk/dataset/nhs-clostridium-difficile-dataset-weekly. > > > > > > > > A list of most of those Senior Civil Servants who have salaries over > > £150,000 a year, giving their name, job title, grade, and salary > > level. Salary is the officer's annual pay rate including taxable > > benefits and allowances, and is given in bands of £5000. For officers > > with part-time jobs, the threshold is worked out based on their pro > > rata pay. - http://data.gov.uk/dataset/uk-civil-service-high-earners > > > > > > > > The Prime Minister has also asked Ministers to treat requests for data > > from the public as though they had been made under the forthcoming > > legal Right to Data, and with a presumption in favour of transparency; > > and that all published data is licensed for free reuse. Please feel > > free to take us up on this by requesting more data. > > > > > > > > This is just the start of our new drive for transparency and > > developments on data.gov.uk. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > Richard Stirling > > > > Digital Engagement > > CabinetOffice > > 020 7276 2071 > > > > > > > > http://blogs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk > > > > http://twitter.com/rchards > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Cabinet Office computer systems may be monitored and > > communications carried on them recorded, to secure the effective > > operation of the system and for other lawful purposes. > > > > The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government > > Secure Intranet virus scanning service supplied by Cable&Wireless > > Worldwide in partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number > > 2009/09/0052.) 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