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In recent years, Spain has seen an authentic whirlwind of legislative action seeking to promote the technological modernization of the public sector. Apart from Law 18/2015 (9th July) which was necessary to modify the 2007 regulations in order to meet...

Cada vez más organismos públicos, entidades privadas, organizaciones civiles y ciudadanos son conscientes de los beneficios socioeconómicos que albergan los datos abiertos. Sin embargo, aún queda mucho por descubrir acerca del impacto real que supone la...

In the last International Open Data Conference, held last year in Canada, the global community gathered to analyse the evolution of open data: the present and future of PSI re-use. After two power-packed days with sessions, workshops, discussions and...

Cities are releasing data that they store to make life better for their residents -- enabling journalists and researchers to re-use the public sector information to better inform the public. Los Angeles (USA) is a good case in point. The...

Thanks to the reuse of public sector information, new businesses and new business models are beginning to emerge. But, for that, public entities have to open the data they store and place them at the service of the society. According to the...

As part of the European Data Portal Project, a new study has been published to assess the open data maturity status of the EU state members together with Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (UE28+). This anual report is intented to build a strong...

A new year has just begun and the international open data community has to face new challenges regarding open data culture and the reuse of public sector information. The solutions to those defiances will be addressed in the different events organized...