"Il Foglio" is called Open Data

On Wed, March 21, 2012 in Articles , Links Open , Reports , by Ernesto Belisario

In recent months, the theme of Open Data has become - gradually - increasingly important publications, conferences, and - above all - government initiatives that finally "liberate" their data. Insiders already know by heart opportunities, risks and case studies in the field, while the majority of citizens, [...]

Map of regional laws on Open Data

On Fri, March 9, 2012, in Laws old and new , Open Government , Open Links , Messages , by Ernesto Belisario

Open Data is the theme of the moment: after the launch of the national portal www.dati.gov.it, are multiplying initiatives of the Italian government and the datasets are already over 1600 released. How to know who reads this blog (or I have heard in conferences and webinars), have long been convinced that - even to accelerate the first [...]

Open Date: legal aspects

On Sat, February 11, 2012 in Courses , Open Government , Open Links , by Ernesto Belisario

Last Thursday, he and his friend Stefano Epifani, I attended the webinar organized by Dati.gov.it profiles on technical and legal issues of Open Data. For those interested, I note that here you can see the event registration and that by following the hashtag # webinardatigov you can read all the tweets of participants. For completeness, below embeddo slides used [...]

Digital Agenda and Open Date: start with the right foot?

On Thu, February 9, 2012, in Laws old and new , Open Government , Notifications , by Ernesto Belisario

As reported by some media, today is an important day for the Italian innovation: 17 to be held the first meeting of the "control room" provided by the Digital Agenda Simplifications Decree approved by the government on Jan. 27. The decree, in its final version, expected 1. According to the indications of the Digital [...]

Open Data: Italy two speed?

On Wed, 8 February 2012 in Open Government , Open Links , Messages , by Ernesto Belisario

It 'just been published on Dati.gov.it, the national portal of open data the PA, which is an interesting infographic of the state of Open Data in Italy. Looking forward to examine it carefully, write two reflections "on the fly": a) the license adopted by many governments is IODL v. 1.0, a sign that the government [...]

Open Data: a series of webinars to learn more

On Fri, February 3, 2012 in Courses , Open Government , Open Links , Messages , by Ernesto Belisario

Open Date: everyone talks about it now, but in Italy a few more are passed from words to deeds. Few governments have opened up their data, few people use them to control how it is handled public affairs, few companies have taken advantage of public data to develop products and services. It 's evident that there is a problem of culture [...]

From LeggiOggi.it - "The Open Data becomes a law?"

On Wed, December 28, 2011 in Articles , Links Open , Reports , by Ernesto Belisario

The Piedmont Region confirm the PA leaders in Italian Open Date: after being the first region to adopt a portal of public data (dati.piemonte.it) and adopt the "Guidelines" for the reuse of information assets public, has also approved the first regional law. The measure, we read [...]

Open Date: from words to Apps (for Italy)

On Sun, December 18, 2011 in Open Government , Open Links , Messages , by Ernesto Belisario

The strategies of Open Data are developed along two lines: on the one hand, the push from the bottom (or even a legal obligation) to release the data by the Public Administrations, the involvement of other citizens, associations and businesses to harness the potential of public information. Normally, therefore, the creation of portals [...]

The Open Data is the present, not the future!

On Sat, December 17, 2011 in Courses , Open Government , Open Links , Messages , by Ernesto Belisario

Monday, December 12, 2011 I attended the "Internet Governance Better" event organized by University of Siena and the Tuscan System Foundation to discuss innovation in the public domain. It 'was an exhilarating day (I thank the organizers for allowing me to participate) in which we talked about "new way" of important issues. I have dealt with the topics [...]

Open Data: here's what we want

On Sun, December 4, 2011 in Open Government , Open Links , Messages , by Ernesto Belisario

The Italian movement for Open Data has come a long way over the last twelve months: the release of public data has finally become a topic of the agenda at all levels of government (state, regional and local) and left the circle of "usual suspects" and insiders. But we are just beginning: a lot of resistance [...]