Data.gov.uk Team

This is our blog, where we will keep you updated on news and events to do with the site and open data. We’ll highlight the great work of others through guest posts, and seek your comments, advice and help on what to focus on next. Contact us if we should showcase your work

Latest blog posts

Data.gov.uk releases Open Source code

As part of the government’s ongoing work around transparency, today we are releasing some of the custom software code we've developed – a CKAN module for

Data.gov.uk - site redesign

As you will no-doubt have noticed, data.gov.uk has today undergone a significant design update.

Government departments publish real time energy use for headquarters buildings

Following the PM’s announcement on 14 May 2010, 18 department HQ buildings now have

Open Tech: speaker announcement - data.gov.uk will be there

Data.gov.uk is proud to be partnering with Open Tech for this year's conference, The first 150 students who pre-register with an .ac.uk, or civil servants with gov.uk email addresses and present valid

Podcast: Richard Stirling talks about progress on data.gov.uk

Paul Miller talks with Richard Stirling, the head of Making Public Data Public and lead on data.gov.uk to discuss the progress of the site and the project.

legislation.gov.uk API

This week The National Archives launched www.legislation.gov.uk, which brings together legislation from across the UK in one place.

COINS seminar, held at the Treasury Office

On 2 July, the Treasury held a short seminar for organisations and individuals developing the released COINS data to enhance its usability to the public.

Work 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.

Guest Post: A Developers' Guide to the Linked Data APIs - Jeni Tennison

Linked data offers some great advantages for publishing government data.

Guest 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 loca

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