Openspending: from one district to an entire country
In 2013 the Open State Foundation started Openspending by releasing the finances of one of the districts of Amsterdam. This week our work resulted in the … Read more
Author: Arjan El Fassed
App “Nuse” wins the NPO Backstage app competition
Nuse, a research app for journalists is the winner of the NPO Backstage app competition. Open State organized this competition commissioned by the Dutch Public Broadcasting … Read more
NPO Backstage: developing apps with Public Broadcasting data
Which innovative and creative applications can be developed with Public Broadcasting data? NPO Backstage challenges developers to answer this question. Open State Foundation organizes an app … Read more
Right To Know Day 2015
To mark the Right to Know Day in the Netherlands a meetup will be held on 28 September 2015 at the Library of The Hague.
Open State calls on government to open companies trade register
In a letter to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Open State Foundation calls on the government to open the trade and companies register. It also … Read more
Politwoops: Major coalition of rights groups rail against Twitter’s Politwoops ban
Rights groups including Access, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Free Press, Human Rights Watch, Sunlight Foundation, and Open State Foundation have joined in opposition to Twitter’s recent crackdown on Politwoops, a network of sites that … Read more
District court Amsterdam hears arguments on FOIA healthcare data
Today, a panel of three judges of the District Court of Amsterdam heard a case filed by Open State Foundation in which more transparency is demanded … Read more
Transparency healthcare costs goes to court
In the Netherlands, it is currently almost impossible to get as a patient, tax and insurance premium payer insights into the costs of health care. This … Read more
Twitter cuts off Diplotwoops and Politwoops in all remaining 30 countries
This weekend, Open State Foundation was informed by Twitter that it suspended API access to Diplotwoops and all remaining Politwoops sites in 30 countries.
A close look at the government-wide data inventory
On the 10th of July we received the joyful news that the first government-wide data inventory was finished. A trajectory for which Open State has actively … Read more
10 Challenges for Open Data
It has been six years since Tim Berners Lee called out for more raw data. A lot since then has happened, but critics often point out … Read more
Government-wide data inventory online
“There must be a change in government culture when it comes to the disclosure of information,” says Ronald Plasterk, the Dutch minister of the Interior and and … Read more
Twitter kills Politwoops US but still up and running in 30 other countries
Two weeks ago, the US version of Politwoops stopped being updated. The more than 30 versions of Politwoops with deleted tweets by politicians in 30 other … Read more
Pilot Open Municipal Information: the needle in the digital haystack
Publishing minutes, decisions, bills, agendas and other documents of the city council as open data strengthens the information position of city councilors, inhabitants and journalists. Open … Read more
Government grants double in 2014
In 2014 Dutch ministries provided twice as much grants as in 2013. An analysis done by the Open State Foundation shows that 44.507 grants have been … Read more
Do not exploit the trade register, make it open
Open up the trade register, argued Arjan El Fassed today in Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad.
Kick-off NPO Backstage
Which innovative and creative applications are possible with the data of the Dutch Public Broadcasting? Find out at the launch of NPO Backstage on the 27th … Read more
Recap GCCS-Unplugged
On the 17th of April Open State Foundation organized GCCS-Unplugged, an unconference for a free and open Internet.
Diplomats and hackers hack challenges for an open, free and safe internet
What are the challenges facing online freedom, transparency and security? Today, Open State Foundation teams up with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to … Read more
No substantial growth of Dutch government open data portal
The Dutch government does not seem to use it’s own open data portal. If it does, it would have found that 14 percent of the datasets … Read more
Most Dutch government websites do not use secure encrypted connections
Only 19% of 2,000 Dutch government websites uses the HTTPS protocol for handling requests between a browser and the website that it is connected to. HTTPS … Read more
Insight in your job opportunities with Vooruitzicht
The app Vooruitzicht won the Challenge School and Future. Ties de Kock received the 6000-euro price from the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Jet … Read more
Dutch coalition calls for public debate on privacy protection
A coalition of 32 organizations, companies and individuals calls the Minister of Security and Justice, to develop a vision on privacy protection in the information society, … Read more
Final round Education and Jobs Challenge
Today, five finalists of the Challenge School en Toekomst, an app challenge using open education data and open vacancies’ data will present their app in front of a … Read more
Register now for GCCS-Unplugged
Join GCCS-Unplugged, organised by Open State Foundation in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. Have your say on the future of the internet. You decide the … Read more
Budgets and spendings of all Dutch municipalities 2012-2013 online
Annual and quarterly budgets and spending of all 438 local governments in the Netherlands for the years 2012 and 2013 are made available, visible and comparable … Read more
Energylabels municipalities
In the Netherlands homes and other buildings must have an energy label when they are being sold or rented. We looked at the energylabels of municipal … Read more
Unlock local basic democratic information as open data
Dutch municipalities and provinces should urge their suppliers to release their democratic information as open data.
Open data challenge: education, internships and jobs
Youth unemployment. It is hard to find the right internship or job. How to match the right education, internships and jobs? Enter open data.
Appeal Open State over disclosure healthcare costs to court Amsterdam
On November 22, 2014, Open State Foundation filed the grounds of appeal with the court in Amsterdam over the disclosure of data on declared healthcare costs … Read more
Extracting government subsidy data, not an easy endeavour
Data collected with subsidietrekker.nl has been explored with Silk, a tool that displays interactive charts, maps and web pages. How we got the data is a … Read more
Results of Openspending.nl in 2014, the story so far
Starting with the central borough of the city of Amsterdam, in 2013 Open State Foundation launched Openspending.nl. What has been done around openspending.nl in 2014. An … Read more
Government wide data inventory ready in spring 2015
The Dutch government has decided to do a government wide data inventory and publish its results in spring 2015. The coordinating minister for open data in … Read more
NZA still declines to disclose healthcare costs
The Netherlands Health Authority has declined a request by Open State Foundation over the disclosure of data on all declared healthcare costs per healthcare provider. Open … Read more
Winners Dutch Open Hackathon announced
The Dutch Open Hackathon announced the following winners after an event this weekend of over 30 hours and with 360 registered participants
Open data: Five recommendations for government and parliament
On the eve of the beginning of the parliamentary year in the Netherlands, Open State Foundation has five recommendations for the government.
Global Legislative Openess Week: Open parliamentary data by default
A group of 107 civil society organizations from around the world, including Open State Foundation, Sunlight Foundation, the Latin American Legislative Network, Open Knowledge and Access … Read more
Open State takes transparency dispute data health care to court
The Netherlands Health Authority has two weeks to take a decision over the disclosure of data on all declared healthcare costs per healthcare provider.
Change your computer in an art museum
By using the Open Culture Data API-RSS-Feed you can easily change your Windows-computer into an art museum.
2,5 billion regional subsidies added to subsidytracker
Some 6,777 grants with a total value of 2.5 billion euros from nine provinces in the Netherlands have been added to Subsidietrekker.nl.
Broken links and hardly any new data on Dutch government open data portal
The government of the Netherlands still lags behind in opening data to the public. The number of accessible datasets via the Dutch government open data portal … Read more
21,850 subsidies sortable and searchable
With Subsidietrekker.nl all 21,850 Dutch government grants awarded in 2013 by various ministries are made openly searchable.
Elections data in the Netherlands: do our votes count?
There are interesting things happening with election data around the world. In the Netherlands, however, this information is not accessible or restricted while it would open … Read more
Open spending data added from ten Dutch local governments
On the platform openspending.nl the financial details of ten new municipalities have been added as of today.
Groningen first regional government on openspending.nl
The province is Groningen is the first regional government in the Netherlands that has made its financial information publicly available as open data via openspending.nl. Every … Read more
BikeCityGuide and Nostalgeo announced as first winners Apps for Europe
BikeCityGuide and Nostalgeo which make use of open data to guide cyclists around cities and combine old postcards with contemporary street views have been announced as … Read more
Dutch Court of Audit opens its spending
Last week, the Court of Audit in the Netherlands published its revenue and expenditures as open data. The Court of Audit contributes with this to and … Read more
Local governments profit from open data
The turnout in the Dutch local council elections has achieved a new record low. Now local political parties are negotiating their next term. It is important … Read more
Open Data: stop making a mess of it
All across the world governments are releasing increasingly more open data. Developers still end up frustrated putting open data to proper use.
Open spending data Utrecht, The Hague and Enschede online
On the platform openspending.nl the financial details of Utrecht, The Hague and Enschede are available today.