Chris Herring » data http://blog.chrisherring.co.uk Interaction, development and everything in between... Sun, 16 May 2010 16:30:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Government 2.0 http://blog.chrisherring.co.uk/2008/12/02/government-20/ http://blog.chrisherring.co.uk/2008/12/02/government-20/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:39:30 +0000 blog.chrisherring.co.uk http://blog.chrisherring.co.uk/?p=73 In last few weeks of November the Government admitted to losing one laptop per week since the child benefit database went walkabout with half populations information on it. In contrast whilst meandering my way through the internet I came Show Us A Better Way is competition run by the Government to encourage developers and such like people to get create with public information. Slightly strange considering you have must have a very good chance of finding a Government laptop lying about anyway.

Unfortunately I only became aware of the competition, two weeks after the submission date had passed. But the idea is to make accessible the information which is often hidden or tucked away, on crime, health or education. Which is pretty cool and am looking forward to see who wins the competition.

Selected API’s
NHS
Neighbourhood statistics
Ordnancesurvey

Related links
- Show Us A Better Way
 – Power of Information

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