Government report: The Power of Information

The Cabinet Office have commissioned a report - The Power of Information - from Ed Mayo (chief exec of the National Consumer Council) and Tom Steinberg (the man behind mySociety and PledgeBank) to look into the ways government can benefit from user-generated sites, particularly with a view to creating APIs to allow mash-ups with public sector data (like the Ordnance Survey). Press announcement here.

Good to see the that the power of Social Media has penetrated to the heart of UK Gov. But can they resist the urge to regulate it?!

Comments

[Hadley Beeman]

Glad to see you found this useful. :)

[Steve Dale]

Hadley - many thanks for the tip-off.