This is third in a series of posts about the UK Government’s Performance Platform, cross-posted on the OKFN blog as it is about open data. Part 1 introduced why the platform is exciting, and part 2 described how it worked inside. The best data opens itself. No need to make Freedom of Information requests to pry the information […]
Data Science (and ScraperWiki) comes to the Cabinet Office
The Cabinet Office is one of the most vital institutions in British government, acting as the backbone to all decision making and supporting the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in their running of the the United Kingdom. On the 19th of November, I was given an opportunity to attend an event run by this important […]
Live-graphing the UK Government’s agile auction
Hold your nerve! Hold your nerve! Stay at 49! I really think it’s over this time. It had been intense all day, an adrenalin rush. Tens of thousands of pounds potentially at stake. Watching carefully in shifts with no more than a minute of distraction. Luckily Aidan held his nerve, the auction did close this […]