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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
Make an app for the municipal elections 2018 More and more municipalities are unlocking council meetings data as open data. Information that helps council members to … Read more
After a new Dutch transparency law was passed by the House of Representatives of the Netherlands in April 2016, the Dutch Minister of Interior asked a … Read more
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Pulse shows whether government websites support the HTTPS protocol (https://) and how strong the implementation is of HTTPS. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is the … Read more
A large number of healthcare providers websites still do not use a secure HTTPS connection. A test done by Open State Foundation with the online dashboard … Read more
From the autumn, the Netherlands Health Institute will publish data on developments in the use of medicines, medical aid instruments and associated costs from its GIPdatabase … Read more
This article is only available in Dutch Op 24 mei j.l. heeft Open State Foundation, daarin bijgestaan door Wob-expert Brenno de Winter, middels een informatieverzoek alle … Read more
Today, one year after the announcement of Minister of Economic Affairs and the publication of an investigation to which he commissioned the Chamber of Commerce himself, … Read more
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The Dutch Electoral Council manages the Database Election Results and publishes data of election results on municipal level. The election results of the March 2017 Parliamentary … Read more
On July 6, the Digital News Initiative (DNI) announced that PoliFLW was among the 107 projects from across 27 countries in Europe that will be supported … Read more
On the 9th of June, the second edition of Accountability Hack was held at the Dutch House of Representatives building in The Hague. The goal of … Read more
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
Aftermovie Accountability Hack 2017 #AccHack17 from Open State Foundation on Vimeo. Foto’s Sebastiaan ter Burg (CC BY 2.0) On Friday 9 June 2017 from 9.00 to … Read more
English translation follows. Aftermovie Accountability Hack 2017 #AccHack17 from Open State Foundation on Vimeo. De app ‘De gemeente deler’ van het team Delight heeft de eerste … Read more
With Kamervragentracker.nl you can follow questions asked by members of the Dutch House of Representatives. You can search for themes, people, locations, organizations, or questions based … Read more
Archaeologydata.com is a search engine based on Dutch and Greek archaeological data. The data are translated from Dutch into English, and part of a quality assesment of algorithmns for … Read more
With an appeal under the current Dutch Freedom of Information Act (Wob), Open State Foundation has requested all data that underpin an impact analysis of the … Read more
The Court of Audit of the Netherlands, Open State Foundation and the House of Representatives of the Netherlands join hands for the second edition of Accountability … Read more
Pulse measures whether Dutch government domains support the HTTPS protocol (https://), and the strength of that support. HTTPS provides a secure connection across the internet between … Read more
In today’s information society knowledge about internet politics is crucial in the coming years. That is why six leading Dutch digital civic organisations call on a … Read more
An analysis of deletes of Twitter messages by Dutch candidates during the election period in the Netherlands. Politwoops followed Dutch candidates for the elections. It archived … Read more
Although the number of Dutch government websites with HTTPS connection increased this quarter by 18%, half of all government websites do not support HTTPS. This shows … Read more
Just seven days before Dutch parliamentary elections and as a final attempt to block progress to open up the Dutch companies register, Minister Kamp (Economic Affairs) … Read more
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On average, an MBO student who want to vote near his or her school, will have to walk 350 meters to the nearest polling station. Of … Read more
More than ever before politicians make use of social media during election campaigns. Facebook is popular but especially in debates on radio and TV, including Friday … Read more
At this moment, Open State Foundation has traced almost all polling stations for the general elections in the Netherlands. Only 7 municipalities publish this information as … Read more
Politicians sometimes regret what they tweeted. With Politwoops one can search and find tweets that politicians have deleted. Adding 768 candidates in the Dutch elections, today … Read more
Inequalities among young people are still increasing, despite the fact that Dutch education is of a high level. This is evident from reports of the Education … Read more
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
“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 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