Call to open data on voting locations and accessibility
On 15 March 2017 general elections will be held in the Netherlands. Today, Open State Foundation calls on the Minister of Interior of the Netherlands and … Read more
Author: Arjan El Fassed
Why releasing open data ‘as is’ is not always enough
“Governments should look more to re-users when creating data” Most open data enthusiasts will emphasize that governments should release open data ‘as is’. Which means that … Read more
Open State takes to court Dutch Food Safety Authority’s denial of inspection data re-use
Open State Foundation will take to court a decision by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) in which it denies a request by … Read more
MEPs urged to ensure transparency and accountability of EU fishing fleet operating internationally
Over forty civil society organisations have endorsed a joint letter initiated by Access Info Europe and Oceana to urge Members of the European Parliament to vote … Read more
Who votes for open data?
An overview of voting behaviour on open data, open government and re-use of government information of Dutch political parties in the Dutch parliament (20-09-2012 tot 17-01-2016). … Read more
Response to parliamentary questions on HTTPS government sites cause confusion
The Dutch Minister of Home Affairs is satisfied with security on the Dutch government’s websites, he said in response to parliamentary questions. The questions followed the … Read more
Judgment Council of State in case for transparency of health costs
The Dutch Health Authority does not have to make information on healthcare costs public on the basis of the Dutch freedom of information act. That is … Read more
Database with 200,000 hospital prices online
After we launched a tool with which consumers collect hospital bills in September, today the Consumers’ Association publishes all known hospital prices. In the database, developed … Read more
Information and ICT government insufficient for new transparancy law
Today a quickscan was published that was meant to give an impact analysis of the new transparency law that currently is being discussed in the Senate. … Read more
Open State Foundation one of the winners Open Government Partnership Award
The Third Annual Open Government Awards winners were announced today at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit in Paris, France. Open State Foundation received one … Read more
Many Dutch government websites not secure
Numerous Dutch government websites still use no secure HTTPS connection. Of the 1,816 investigated domains less than half ensures that the site traffic is encrypted. Open … Read more
Visitors Dutch government’s website search most for “doing business with”
Visitors of the Dutch government’s website rijksoverheid.nl are searching the most for the term “doing business with”. Between 2011 and 2016 this term was used in … Read more
Give transparency and open data NVWA and RVO priority
Open State Foundation calls in the context of the parliamentary debate on the budget of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the field of agriculture and … Read more
An update on Open Council Data
Open Council Data is a project to release city council data as open data. In 2015 the Open State Foundation, the Interior Ministry and five municipalities worked … Read more
Interest groups ask next coalition government for digital leadership
The Netherlands must uphold digital leadership in the coming years. This call for the next coalition government was presented by a broad coalition of organisations, companies, … Read more
Where are the data of the Ministry of Defence?
The Dutch Ministry of Defence has a world to win when it comes to open data and transparency. The Ministry of Defence is one of the … Read more
Case for transparency health costs Tuesday at the Council of State
This Tuesday at 10 o’clock is the start of an appeal at the Council of Stat against the refusal of the Dutch Health Authority (NZA) to … Read more
Dutch Ministry of Education launches open education API
Today the Dutch Ministry of Culture, Education and Science has launched an API containing educational data. The data is released as open data under the license … Read more
More efforts needed to make health data open
Dutch governments are making ever more data available as open data. Although the health minister last year proclaimed as the ‘Year of Transparency’, still a lot … Read more
A case for decentralised education data
Today, the Dutch parliament will discuss the budget of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. This department has been active on open data for some … Read more
By refusing open hospital prizes, Dutch Healthcare Authority ignores consumers’ interests
With the refusal of the Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) to make hospital tariffs public, the NZa ignores consumers’ stake at the hospital prices that they pay. … Read more
Open data for infrastructure and the environment
Today, Dutch parliament will discuss the budget of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment. Although, this ministry has a long history with developing policies and … Read more
Open the windows of the house of Thorbecke
If you want to close the gap between government and citizens, they would need the same information A group of mayors, aldermen and city councilors called … Read more
Dutch government only publish limited number of FOIA decisions online
Despite the recommendation of the Committee on the Future Government Communication in 2001 to publish FOIA decisions online, only few governments in the Netherlands structurally do … Read more
Results of Accountability Hack
On the 9th of September the first edition of Accountability Hack was held at the Dutch Court of Audit in the Hague. In total 20 teams … Read more
Research explores future re-use of government and archive information
How does the future of re-use of government and archive information look like? On the 6th of October the results of a survey were presented at … Read more
New version Subsidytracker shows need for local open subsidy data
Today Open State Foundation launches a new version of Subsidietracker, a tool that makes 162,179 subsidies provided by 206 Dutch government organisations to 58,432 recipients searchable. … Read more
Hacking for Sustainability II
Together with the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment and the Province of South Holland, Open State Foundation is organising the second edition of Hacking for … Read more
Masterclass Netpolitics 2017
Internet of things, encryption, open data, e-democracy, copyright online, digital social innovation, internet governance. Are these topics you want to learn more about? Do you encounter … Read more
General Budget Debates in 721,393 words
Last week the General Budget Debate took place in the Dutch parliament. During these two days, every year, political leaders of the political parties represented in … Read more
Appeal Food Safety Authority’s decision against reuse data
Open State Foundation appealed today the decision of the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) to reject a request to resuse inspection results. The … Read more
Open State Foundation calls for transparency on government performance
To enable voters to make an informed choice, the government and parliament must make data available for anyone to hold government to account. This is essential … Read more
With your privacy, the government knows where to hide
The relationship between privacy and transparency is complex. Privacy is often wrongly used by governments to prevent transparency. This is a problem because without access to … Read more
Presentation: The future of reuse of government information
How does the future for the reuse of government information and archives look like? On October 6, 2016, during an inspiration session, Open State Foundation and … Read more
Game with government data winner first Dutch Accountability Hack
English translation follows soon. Een app waarmee mensen hun kennis over geldstromen van de overheid kunnen testen is als beste uit de bus gekomen tijdens de … Read more
Consumers can reveal secret hospital prices themselves
Since there is an inadequate response from healths insurers, hospitals and the Netherlands Healthcare Authority (NZa) on previous calls by the Dutch Consumers’ Association and Open … Read more
Open 3D Culture is coming to the Netherlands
As part of the Tandem project Open State Foundation and Italian based Virtutim are exploring the possibilities for Open 3D Culture. For our background research we … Read more
One in ten Dutch government agencies report open datasets to central portal
Less than a tenth of all government agencies reports open datasets via the Dutch government’s central open data portal data.overheid.nl. Out of 1,069 government organisations only … Read more
Can Italy open up culture?
Italy is on the verge of opening up their cultural data. However current laws create many challenges. As part of our Tandem-project the Open State Foundation … Read more
Dutch Food Safety Authority rejects reuse inspection data on lunchrooms
Seven months after a request by Open State Foundation for the reuse of inspection results of lunchrooms, today the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority … Read more
Notification Registry of Dutch Data Protection Authority as open data
From today the Dutch Data Protection Authority started to publish its Notification Registry as open data. On June 9, Open State Foundation did a request for … Read more
Law offers enough room for NZa to deliver transparency on health costs
NZa can do more for transparency than it actual does The Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) has enough room to enforce transparency of healthcare costs but has … Read more
Dutch TenderNed opens procurement as open data
After TenderNed started in March 2016 with publishing Dutch open contracting data the data didn’t include the names of companies awarded and the amounts. As of … Read more
Minister of Economic Affairs announces first step open company register
Minister Kamp of Economic Affairs wants the Chamber of Commerce to publish a subset of the Dutch company register as open data. The minister of Economic … Read more
Risk profiles child care locations Amsterdam
This map shows the risk profiles of child care locations in Amsterdam. In the window you can jump to inspection reports by the public health agency … Read more
Accountability Hack on the eve of Prince’s day
On the eve of Prince’s Day (Budget Day), for the first time in the Netherlands, Accountability Hack will take place. During this hackathon government spending and … Read more
Open State joins #KeepItOn campaign to fight internet shutdowns
Open State Foundation joined nearly 70 organizations from five continents in launching the #KeepitOn campaign to fight internet shutdowns worldwide. The full list of organizations is available … Read more
TransparencyCamp Europe set to lift lid on EU decision-making
This week’s TransparencyCamp Europe is set to welcome nearly 400 open government supporters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This ‘unconference’ brings together government officials, developers and technologists, … Read more
Almost billion euro less subsidies Dutch gov ministries in 2015
In 2015, ministries have provided nearly one billion euro fewer subsidies than in 2014. The number of grants has almost halved compared to 2014 and below … Read more
Politwoops makes progress in Latin America and Asia
Politwoops, an archive of public tweets, deleted by politicians has been launched in several additional countries in Latin America. From today, deleted tweets by politicians in … Read more