Here's a roundup of recent successes from around the network! * If you have any achievements, big or small, to share, please just drop an email (one line is fine!) to [email protected] *
* *CKAN 2.0 was released!* This is a huge step for CKAN towards great usability and design, really focusing on being the leading platform for making data discoverable for re-users, while helping publishers manage their data easily and consistently online: http://ckan.org/2013/05/13/announcing-ckan-2-0/ The announcement generated lots of excitement from people around the world. New 2.0 catalogs have already sprung up, e.g. http://data.codeforhouston.com/ * Data.gov have also been blogging about us (to coincide with Obama's 'open by default' executive order last week), moving to CKAN and the features this upgrade will bring: http://www.data.gov/blog/under-hood-open-data-engine * * Transparency Camp* in DC went very well, lots of people from advocacy groups & government. Lucy Chambers did *at least* 2 great sessions and even got a couple of shout outs on the wrap up post: http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/05/07/transparencycamp-2013-wrapping-up-the-best-year-yet/ - yay!! * We wrote a blog piece around the *austerity economics paper* which had data and methodology flaws that was re-blogged at the LSE Social Science Impact Blog<http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2013/04/24/reinhart-rogoff-revisited-why-we-need-open-data-in-economics/>and then at the New Scientist<http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23448-how-to-stop-excel-errors-driving-austerity-economics.html> . * Our analysis<http://blog.okfn.org/2013/05/15/shakespeare-review-analysis/>of the Shakespeare review of public sector information in the UK<https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/198752/13-744-shakespeare-review-of-public-sector-information.pdf>was quoted in the Guardian Datablog<http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/may/15/uk-open-data-stephan-shakespeare>and shared extensively online * After many months of hard work and analysis, the post-pilot report for the *Open Science Training Initiative* is now available! You can download copies from http://www.opensciencetraining.com/content.php Best regards, Laura -- * Dr Laura James Co-Director | skype: laura.james | @LaurieJ <https://twitter.com/LaurieJ> The Open Knowledge Foundation <http://okfn.org/> Empowering through Open Knowledge http://okfn.org/ | @okfn <http://twitter.com/OKFN> | OKF on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork> | Blog <http://blog.okfn.org/> | Newsletter<http://okfn.org/about/newsletter> ** ** *
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