[OGP NAP Open Data section – w/ community comments] From: All: Feedback on best practice standard from Open Data IRL Community as requested by Stephan Decker and Deirdre Lee (Insight/NUIG) during hangout on 7 April 2014 What is Open Data? [OKF] “A piece of content or data is open if you are free to use, reuse, […]
Last Meeting of the Joint OGP Working Group between 5 civil society group members and the D/PER Team
First things first: Last Meeting of the Joint OGP Working Group between 5 civil society group members and the DPER Team. We were never in favour of these closed group meetings as the only way to communicate on drafting the OGP Action Plan. We raised wider consultation, online channels and more open channels of communication […]
Open Letter Addressed to Minister Brendan Howlin asking to commit to dropping FOI/AIE fees as part of Ireland’s 1st OGP Action Plan
Signatories at the bottom Why Now: The Minister is talking about the Freedom of Information Bill but not about fees. The OGP Action Plan provides a new opportunity but it is being dismissed. The Opportunity This Open Letter highlights the opportunity that the Government has as part of the OGP Action Plan and its […]