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State Services answers call for public data

Amplify’d from computerworld.co.nz

State Services answers call for public data

Efforts to make more government data available to the public and to business appear to be gathering pace with the State Services Commission releasing a series of guides to data already accessible through government agencies.
SSC has collated links to datasets, databases and other resources and now released that as an Excel spreadsheet, a .csv file and an Atom feed.Read more at computerworld.co.nz
 

GTS drives for open data, private cloud

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GTS drives for open data, private cloud

New government technology unit responds to calls for data sharing

Government Technology Services head Stephen Crombie has signalled a willingness to expand free online access to government databases.
Crombie also signalled interest in creating a private cloud of government IT services. That hint came after he was challenged fiercely by consultant Ian Howard of I&A Services on Crombie’s contention that government was delivering good online services to citizens.Read more at computerworld.co.nz
 

Ministry for the Environment adopts Creative Commons

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Ministry for the Environment adopts Creative Commons

Spatial databases released under open-use licence

The Ministry for the Environment has made its Land Cover Database and the Land Environments New Zealand classification available online, for free and with an unrestricted licence.
The ministry says the move is part of a strategy to make public sector data more accessible.
Read more at computerworld.co.nz