2.6+Government+information+sites

= = =** STRAND 2: Government and politics > ** Government information sites = Including travel warnings, tourist information, environmental information and warnings, government policies, city government websites.



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of open standards including such datasets as - crime statistics, housing statistics and ordnance survey maps. ||  || initiative. || Software and Open Source || economics around the world. ||  || into visualisations that show issues - including the PlanetHazard looking a major polluters in the USA. || Modelling and Simulations || to search and query large amounts of data. Politically this has recently included a database of all UK politicians and how they have voted on particular policies. || Databases || collect private electronic data belonging to users of major internet services like Gmail, Facebook, Outlook, and others. It’s the latest evolution of the US government’s post-9/11 electronic surveillance efforts, which began under President Bush with the Patriot Act, and expanded to include the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) enacted in 2006 and 2007. || Security ||
 * **Link** || **Description** || **Links to Other Strands** ||
 * A Website Opening up UK Goverment Data || Data.gov.uk gives everyone access to government data through a set
 * Obama's Open Government Iniative || Obama's government is opening all datasets to the public through this
 * World Bank Open Data Site || Following the USA's iniative the world bank has opened datasets for
 * Environmental Data Mashups || A great deal of environmental datasets are being mashed up into
 * UK Search for Politicians Policies in a Live Database || With open data - and dynamic databases linked to the web it is possible
 * NSA and PRISM explained || PRISM is a tool used by the US National Security Agency (NSA) to

**'Only the Best' Videos and Podcasts**
world of Open Data around the world and how governments are opening their databases for people to use and mashup in amazing and numerously powerful ways. || media type="youtube" key="3YcZ3Zqk0a8" height="344" width="568" || Comments on whether it will give all it promises || media type="youtube" key="7hthG4gL0Fk?fs=1" height="342" width="557" || the NSA and their use of blanket surveillance in the USA and in fact around the world. || media type="custom" key="24847258" width="150" height="150" ||
 * The famous Tim Berners Lee discusses a
 * How Open Data Can Help Build Open Government || media type="youtube" key="4Aprr9a6XEM?fs=1" height="353" width="559" ||
 * The Open Government Directive Infomercial -
 * The darker side of Government websites and process -

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