Daily Archives: April 23, 2012

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The economics of #OpenData – are there any?

Last week the NAO published its Implementing Transparency report. The objectives of transparency are summarised in the report as accountability, service improvement based on user choice and comparative data and the much sought but elusive economic growth from new products and services based on OpenData. The Guardian in an uncharacteristically scathing piece summarised the report. “Read between the lines of its [the NAO] report out today, Implementing Transparency, and you will see a government which has been chucking […]