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  • #OWS – The First Step Towards Real Open Government?

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    After reading this weekend’s blog posts in the mainstream media in Germany, I am a bit surprised at the traditional view of the “occupy” demonstrations of this past weekend. For instance, the headline published by the most relevant German media site – SPON – was “99% stayed at home.” The […]

  • Open Kenya

    Kenya Government Open Data to expand accountability and governance

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    On  8th of July 2011 the Government of Kenya launched  the Open Government Data Portal, the only government data portal in Sub-Saharan Africa.  It has over 160 data sets including the complete 2009 Kenyan national census, national budget data,  national and county expenditure, information on healthcare,  schools and much more. […]