Re: Data.gov.uk Newspaper

It’s a prototype of a service for people moving into a new area. In our exercise we imagined you might receive it after paying your council tax for the first time. ¶ It gathers information about your area, such as local services, environmental information and crime statistics.

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The Three Laws of Open Government Data

The Three Laws of Open Government Data:

1) If it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist
2) If it isn’t available in open and machine readable format, it can’t engage
3) If a legal framework doesn’t allow it to be repurposed, it doesn’t empower

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