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Every day the need of information increases in urban areas. The cities are becoming sophisticated ecosystems that, using the technological advances, are able to respond to the demands which arise in sectors so diverse as transport, health, education,...

Recently we have reviewed the five most common technical problems when open data are published through the results of the third edition of the Open Data Barometer. Now, let’s check the most significant strategic problems according to the ...

Nowadays, national statistical offices are, to a greater or lesser extent, the public bodies responsible for setting standards, implementing methods, collecting, publishing and disseminating official data. At the same time, in recent years, many...

Recently, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has launched a guide to promote the re-use of public sector information whereas the privacy of citizens is guaranteed. In order to provide some guidelines that help the implementation of these...

Law 18/2015, of 9 July, amending Law 37/2007, of 16 November, on re-use of public sector information, provides that the authorities and public bodies have a clear obligation to authorize the re-use of their information, including those institutions in...

Only a few weeks ago, the Laws 39/2015, Common Administrative Procedure, and 40/2015 on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector, both of October 1, came into force. Through them an important reform has been materialized which especially affects the use of...

The revelations by Snowden, the Falciani list or, more recently, the dissemination of Panama Papers by ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists) are examples of the open publication of critical data that has had a great impact on socio...

The Common Directory of Organic Units and Offices -also known as Common Directory or DIR3- provides a unified and common inventory of more than 77,000 organic units and 5,900 Offices of the State, Regional and Local Administration and Universities. Its...

The openness of public sector information is already a reality, although more international efforts are still needed to bring this movement to all corners of the planet, as it is drawn from the conclusions of the last Open Data Barometer. However, the...

One of the sectors where open data have a greater real impact is health and medical diagnosis and care. The benefits of reuse in this field are widely known and, nowadays, many public and private institutions are working on indicators and repositories of...