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
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
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, 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
Next week, the Dutch parliament will consider a proposal to expunge a penalty on governments when they fail to take decisions on FOIA and re-use of … Read more
Internal emails from the Dutch Chamber of Commerce show that the Chamber of Commerce itself has been specifically asked to do research on the publication of … Read more
Today, Dutch parliament voted in favor of the new transparency bill (the Law on Open Government). This law, which paves the way for active transparency and … Read more
The costs the Dutch Chamber of Commerce makes to maintain and develop the Dutch company register are only half of the total expenses the Chamber of … Read more
A broad coalition of civic organizations and journalists call upon the Dutch Second Chamber of Parliament to support the Open Government Bill. In an open letter, … Read more
With a FOIA request Open State Foundation has asked the Dutch Chamber of Commerce full access to financial information on the costs and benefits of the … Read more
This week we mark the midterm of the municipal elections of 2014. Consider this a good time to take stock. Open State Foundation has made all … Read more
As of March 16, 2016 TenderNed, the Dutch e-procurement agency publishes tenders and public procurement as open data. TenderNed just published a first dataset with announcement … Read more
Today the detailed income and expenditure of Dutch cities Dordrecht, Heerlen, Lelystad, Oirschot and Utrecht are published online. Detailed information from upkeep and maintenance costs of bicycle … Read more
Common arrangements, partnerships between governments, there are many types and sizes in the Netherlands. These legal arangements are used to organise waste treatment, employment or safety. … Read more
A register of corporate ownership that is accessible to all would help combat crime. But the Dutch proposal – a registry behind a paywall and limited … Read more
In 2013 the European Union published Directive 2013/37/EU on the re-use of public sector information. In June 2015 this Directive was implemented as a Dutch law called the ‘Law for … Read more
Today, Storyful, in partnership with the Open State Foundation, announced Politwoops for the Irish elections. Politwoops records, stores, and publishes tweets deleted by candidates. The tool has been used effectively in many countries across the world to increase transparency and accountability.
In November 2015, the Dutch parliament voted by an overwhelming majority to back a resolution that asks economic affairs minister Henk Kamp to investigate an open companies register. In a blogpost we described five tips for the government’s researchers to take into account.
All 2016 budgets of Dutch municipalities and provinces are now available on Openspending. And because we love lists we are launching the Openspending listmaker openspendinglijstjes.nl today.
Developers, government officials, journalists and activists from all over Europe will shine their light on EU decision making and open government as TransparencyCamp Europe comes to … Read more
The province and the municipality of Groningen made an important step towards more financial transparency. As of now their detailed financial information can be found on … Read more
Ovfietsuitje.nl, an app that allows people to take a public transport bicycle and find interesting places in the Netherlands and plan a bike trip around its … Read more
Today, Twitter agreed to restore Politwoops access to its API. An agreement has been reached with Twitter that allows Open State Foundation to publish deleted tweets … Read more
Open State Foundation has brought the case for open health data to the administrative jurisdiction division of the Council of State, the highest general administrative court … Read more
The Dutch parliament voted by an overwhelming majority today to back a resolution that asks economic affairs minister Henk Kamp to investigate turning the trade register … Read more
In the Netherlands a first step is made with open data of municipalities to better understand the functioning of local democracy. With releasing meetings, agenda’s and … Read more
The API of the Dutch Public Broadcasting is now extended with thousands of items, program information and subtitles of Schooltv. On 14 November, a hackathon takes … Read more
The district court of Amsterdam ruled today that the Netherlands Health Authority could keep secret all information related to declared health costs and tarifs of health … Read more
What innovative and creative applications are possible with data about our natural capital? The term covers all the services provided to us by nature. It puts … Read more
‘We have a responsibility to continue to power organizations who want to bring transparency like Politwoops,’ said Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, at the company’s second … Read more
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
This weekend, Open State Foundation was informed by Twitter that it suspended API access to Diplotwoops and all remaining Politwoops sites in 30 countries.
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
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
“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
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
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
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
Open up the trade register, argued Arjan El Fassed today in Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad.
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
On the 17th of April Open State Foundation organized GCCS-Unplugged, an unconference for a free and open 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
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