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Malaysia sets open data targets

The Malaysian government has agreed to step up public access to official data after taking part in a World Bank programme. Malaysia is the 14th country to complete the World […]

Governments make fast progress on blockchain adoption

Nine in ten government organisations across the world are planning to invest in blockchain technology by 2018, according to a survey of public sector leaders. In a report based on […]

Australian agency wins award for ‘big data’ prospecting tool

An Australian public agency has won a national Public Sector Innovation Award for its use of ‘Big Data’ techniques in a digital mapping tool that highlights areas likely to contain large deposits of […]

US government department announces new chief information officer

David De Vries today joins the US government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as the new permanent chief information officer, after serving 35 years in the defence department. His most […]

Civil servants develop algorithm capable of predicting flu outbreaks

Civil servants in Australia have developed a new tool which can predict flu outbreaks up to eight weeks in advance. The algorithm, which was developed by officials at the Defence Science […]

Michelle Fitzgerald, chief digital officer, City of Melbourne: interview

Michelle Fitzgerald is Melbourne’s first ever chief digital officer, heading up the city’s newly-formed Smart City Office. Six months into the role, she tells Winnie Agbonlahor what she’s doing to […]

New digital services to combat Athens tax evasion

The Greek region of Attica-Athens is introducing new digital services to tackle tax evasion and corruption, with the aim of comparing data on citizens’ assets and purchases to their declared income. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Hackers steal data from German parliament

Hackers have been able to steal data from the German government as part of a “massive cyber attack” that has now lasted for almost a month, Global Government Forum has […]

Opportunity to influence geospatial information document

Anyone interested in spacial data has until 22 May to register for a conference where delegates can have their say on a new influential document on future trends in geospatial information […]

A World That Counts

A new report by the United Nations Independent Expert Advisory Group Secretariat is on ‘A Data Revolution For Sustainable Development’. As it says: ‘No one should be invisible’. The growth […]