The City of Toronto has launched the toronto.ca/open site today. The site is modeled after the open data sets at the City of Vancouver , the District of Columbia and the US Federal government, data.gov . This was launched at the Toronto Innovation Showcase...

The City of Vancouver announced their open data catalogue. On May 21, 2009 the CIty passed a motion titled “ Open Data, Open Standards, and Open Source ”.  “As part of its commitment to enhancing citizen engagement, fostering digital innovation and...

The District of Columbia continues to lead the Open Data activities for municipalities. The strength of the Apps for Democracy contest as a leading tactic for engaging developers to build applications for the municipality. As number of applications continue...

Optimal Usabilty in New Zealand ahs a great presentation for government agencies on improving their sites for citizens. Accessibility and usability are the cornerstones of participatory governments. Making data and services available for citizens to engage...

Kathleen O’Grady has created a visualization of the Candian Government Institutions that lobbyists are targeting. It is created with data available from the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. Not a surprise to see Industry Canada &...

Sunlight Labs announced the finalists in the Apps for America 2 contest. The contest us GovPulse.us GovPulse is a Federal Register browser. The Federal Register is the official journal of the federal government of the United States. In it, you find any...

A lot of municipalities, regions, and nations are beginning to investigate the release of public data in an open format that will hopefully enable citizen developers to build new applications and businesses. Many of the municipalities continue to look...