The European Commission’s DG Connect, which manages the EU’s digital agenda, is consulting on which priority actions, including ones on (open) data, to focus on in 2013 and beyond. The public consultation is via a questionnaire. It’s in two parts and should take a maximum of 10 minutes to complete. In the first part, there [...]
Made in Digital Britain/ UK
Stuart Dempster, Director of the Strategic Content Alliance, writes on the potential for a national brand on UK-created or originated digital content Could lessons from the past help deliver economic growth and enhance online reputational value for content creators contributing to the ‘digital economy’ in the UK today? Could a ‘Made in Digital Britain/UK’ help us [...]
SCA welcomes the Hargreaves Report
The Strategic Content Alliance (SCA) is delighted that the Government has decided to endorse all the recommendations made by Professor Ian Hargreaves outlined within his independent review of Intellectual Property (IP) and Growth. Stuart Dempster (Director, SCA) gives some personal thoughts on what this will mean for public bodies, business and the public
OKS workshop on finding and re-using public information
The Open Knowledge Foundation is holding a workshop on finding and re-using public information on 1 November 2008 at the London Knowledge Lab. Co-organised with the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI), the Power of Information (POI) Taskforce and mySociety, this informal, hands-on workshop will bring government information experts together with those who are interested [...]

