Almost 400.000 contracts of NATO, UN and World Bank are now available
For the first time insight can be gained as to which countries profit the most from multilateral organizations like the United Nations, NATO and the World … Read more
Author: Arjan El Fassed
Hack de Overheid community on Slack
You might know that Open State Foundation has its roots in Hack de Overheid, a community that organized hackathons to open up the government since 2008, … Read more
One in three municipalities fail to provide mandatory policy indicators
Since 2017 Dutch municipalities are obliged to provide information in their budget and realization on external recruitment, overhead and formation. Open State research showed that one in … Read more
PoliFLW wins Stuiveling Open Data Award
Today Open State Foundation won the Stuiveling Open Data Award (SODA) and was awarded with €20.000 for the website PoliFLW. State secretary Raymond Knops gave the award to … Read more
Problems with pumping solved with open data
By: Leydi van den Braken In the Netherlands women return to work about 3 months after giving birth. In order to facilitate and stimulate breastfeeding there … Read more
Municipality: require open standard for bikeshare providers
By: Benjamin W. Broersma Open State asked for more open data on mobility in public transportation before [1]. In this post Benjamin tells why bikeshare providers, … Read more
State secretary: ‘public transport data will be released as open data’
The last months Open State Foundation and OpenGeo have raised awareness on the availability of open data on public transport in the Netherlands. The Dutch House … Read more
OpenGeo and Open State ask for more open data on mobility
On Thursday the 20th of September the Dutch House of Representatives will hold a meeting on public transport. Mobility as a Service will be part of … Read more
The importance of a data inventory
Governments have to have their information systems in order. This is necessary for the protection of privacy, the improvement of transparency and to get a proper … Read more
Disappointment about slow publication health care prices
Open State Foundation is active in making Dutch health care prices public. For more information click here (Dutch).
Distrust of Symantec SSL certificates
By Benjamin W. Broersma, developer in the team of Open State Foundation since July 2018. With Pulse we monitor the state of HTTPS in the public … Read more
Open State Foundation is looking for a new CEO!
We are looking for a new CEO. The article with the job description is only available in Dutch.
OGP Summit Tbilisi and National Action Plan
Tom Kunzler and Breyten Ernsting from the Open State Foundation travelled all the way to Tbilisi in Georgia to attend the Global Summited that was organized … Read more
The necessity of an information commissioner
Tom Kunzler, interim director of the Open State Foundation, writes a plea for the implementation of the Dutch concept of an information commissioner (informatiecommissaris). An information … Read more
Mandatory Open Data Standards
The amount of available open datasets is increasing. However, most of these datasets are not usable. In order to improve the usability of these datasets, mandatory … Read more
Machine-learning and council information: how to label council data through machine-learning techniques
Nowadays more and more municipalities publish their council information, such as minutes and council proposals, as open data. Although this is a positive development, more work … Read more
Municipal coalition agreements 2018-2022
The NOS has gathered all the municipal coalition agreements, and has shared them with us. The municipal elections were held at the 21st of March 2018. In the … Read more
Netherlands candidate member of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
The Netherlands joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as a candidate-member on the 28th of June. The Netherlands has become the fourth European country that … Read more
Vacancy: internship
Open State is looking for an intern. If you are interested in the English translation of the vacancy please contact us via contact@openstate.eu. The Dutch version … Read more
Archeologica wins Digging for Data Archeology App Challenge
Archeologica, a competitive and accessible game that allows players to link keywords to archaeological objects, is the winner of the Digging for Data app challenge. The … Read more
Tom Kunzler named interim-director of Open State Foundation
Tom Kunzler has been appointed as interim director of digital transparency organization Open State Foundation. The appointment is effective on July 1, after Arjan El Fassed … Read more
Versterk de petitie: a data challenge that strengthens democracy
Vind jij een vitale en inclusieve democratie van groot belang en heb je een passie voor data-analyses? Deel dan jouw kennis, netwerk en tijd en ga … Read more
Only 5 percent of NVWA restaurant inspections made public
Since the Dutch Food Safety Authority (NVWA) started to publish its lunchroom inspection map in 2014, information on restaurant inspections in the Netherlands are still not … Read more
Dutch Chamber of Commerce incurring high costs for governments and companies
The lack of a modern digital Dutch Chamber of Commerce costs governments and businesses is a source of high costs and complications and restricts access to … Read more
Vacancy: Full-stack developer
Open State is looking for a full-stack developer. If you are interested in the English translation of the vacancy please contact us via contact@openstate.eu. The Dutch … Read more
Digging for Data: Archaeology apps can be submitted now
On Friday the 20th of April a kick-off meeting was held in the COMM-Museum in the Hague for the Digging for Data-app challenge. The province of … Read more
An open company register protects privacy of self-employed
Recent research by the NOS shows that companies use data from the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK) to approach targeted self-employed on Facebook. Small entrepreneurs and … Read more
Digging for Data: Digital Indiana Jones wanted
The province of Zuid-Holland is a rich archaeological area. Archeology tells a lot about our history. The province, together with others, wants to help discover, protect … Read more
Open data show voters to their polling stations
To help voters to find their polling station on March 21, Open State Foundation launched WaarIsMijnStemlokaal.nl with all more than 9 thousand polling stations. Not only … Read more
Civic tech project PoliFLW follows thousands local politicians
As thousands of local politicians have a heavy responsibility because municipalities get more and more tasks, journalism suffers with too little means and time to be … Read more
#openGR2018: All 53,733 candidates for the municipal elections
A dataset with 53,733 candidates for the municipal elections this month is now available as open data. The data from candidate lists of 335 municipalities were … Read more
Public disclosure request actual costs of Dutch company register
For an informed debate about a new Company Register Act, access to information about the costs of the company register, implemented by the Dutch Chamber of … Read more
‘Next Step’ wins hackathon to address inequality among youngsters
‘Next STEP’ won the first price during the hackathon Hack de Valse Start. The application makes it possible to give feedback to a teacher about difficulties … Read more
Municipalities can now upload their list of polling stations
Open State Foundation is working together with the ministry of Interior Affairs, Association of Netherlands Municipalities and Civity to collect al locations of polling stations for … Read more
Open Council Data of more than 100 municipalities reused in app WhereGovernment
More than a hundred Dutch municipalities release Open Council Data, including all documents of the municipal council – decisions, agendas, motions, amendments and policy documents – … Read more
Amsterdam kicks off with a hackathon series about education
Equal opportunities in education are under pressure, according to the Inspectorate of Education. This prompts the municipality of Amsterdam to organise the hackathon Hack de Valse … Read more
Open Council data and accountability information
Local governments publish a variety of data. Oversight is done by municipal councils and supervisors from the state and the regional authorities. Is it possible to … Read more
HackaLOD: Cultural linked open data hackathon, February 9 and 10 in Amsterdam
The Rijksmuseum, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (the National Library of the Netherlands) and Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed (Network Digital Heritage) organise the cultural linked open data hackathon, HackaLOD, on … Read more
Politicians PVV, DENK and FvD deleted most tweets this year
Since the installation of the new Dutch House of Representatives on 23 March 2017, 3,666 tweets have been deleted by parliamentarians. Relatively, politicians from the PVV … Read more
Polling stations will be made available via a new platform
How can voters easily find their nearest voting station for the upcoming municipal elections and referendum in 2018? The Dutch Interior Ministry, Association of Netherlands Municipalities and … Read more
An open company register needs a new financing model
In the Netherlands, unlike the countries around us, data from the company register is not freely accessible to everyone. Although the company register is a so-called … Read more
Call for greater transparency healthcosts and accessible open health data
Open State Foundation calls on the Dutch government and parliament for more transparency on healthcosts and accessible health data. Everyone has the right to information to … Read more
Most websites of schools do not have a secure HTTPS connection
A large number of websites of schools and educational institutions still do not use a secure HTTPS connection. A test done by Open State Foundation with … Read more
Municipal and regional budgets 2018 online
Via openspending.nl the 2018 budgets of all municipalities and provinces in the Netherlands can be found. You can also find the release of the third quarter … Read more
Local governments keep doors closed for FOIA requests via email
Local governments in the Netherlands that have closed the possibility to file a freedom of information request via email in recent years must reconsider this decision. … Read more
Transparency multilateral organizations insuffient
Transparency of multilateral organizations is inadequate. Access to financial data of multilateral organizations is limited. A recent study of Cordaid, Hivos and Open State Foundation found … Read more
Municipality of Utrecht releases open FOIA data
Every year, the municipality of Utrecht receives a few hundred freedom of information (FOIA) requests. The municipality already publishes information that is released through FOIA requests … Read more
Join Labour Game Jam: 23, 24 November 2017
Do you have an awesome idea for a job-related game? Do you have the golden ticket to reachingnew target groups in a troubled labour market? Would … Read more
Recent change company register tariffs calls for questions parliament
Last summer, minister of Economic Affairs changed the financial arrangements of the Dutch company register. This while a change in the Law on the Companyregister was … Read more
More than 715,000 hospital prices online
After we launched a tool with which consumers collect hospital bills in September 2016, more than 715,000 hospital prices are made available online. In a database … Read more