Today we’ve launched ‘Know Where To Go‘, an online directory of organisations that provide support services for women dealing with the trauma of violence against women including domestic violence, rape, forced marriage, trafficking and prostitution. The directory includes details of services provided by over 200 organisations across London and was put together in conjunction with Eaves (www.eaves4women.co.uk), a London-based charity that...

The London Assembly is trying to help improve the quality of data published about public toilets in London, and we would appreciate your help. Over the past few months the Health and Public Services Committee has been investigating the provision of public toilets http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly_investigation/public-toilets across the capital. We know that many Londoners – especially older people, parents with young children and...

The Fantastic Tavern (TFT) is a meeting of minds online and at welcoming hostelries; a community of brand and agency digital planners & creatives who share insights, expertise, experience and beer. On 14th April 2011 50+ Taverners, some old some new, convened at The Horniman on the Southbank to discuss the hot topic of Digital Government; more specifically we were...

What happens when open data is wrong? Can crowdsourcing improve it? Often, open data enthusiasts assume that the next step after the release of some government data is a smart phone app or cool visualisation. I’m more interested in collaborating on the data itself. I’ve been working on a project called OpenEcoMaps and I’ve made use of open data releases,...

Camden Council is the latest local authority to launch a local data store, Camden Data, at www.camdendata.info, as part of its commitment to transparency. The site launched this month with about 200 datasets, including data that hasn’t been previously published or has been difficult to find on the council and other websites. This is very much a starting point and we plan...

Today, the Economic Policy Centre launches a new website, http://www.ukcrimestats.com/ – the country’s first free to view crime-ranking platform for Neighbourhoods, Police Forces and streets with maps, analysis and reports. It has taken many months to develop and brings a number of new capabilities beyond those of the government’s own website, www.police.uk. For example; A unique and searchable crime id,...

The web is a big place and growing rapidly, both in terms of sheer physical size and complexity. Against that backdrop, tools for communicating have never been more ubiquitous or simple to use. The democratisation of content and the explosion of mobile computing has led us to a point where we are always connected and ready with something to say....

Some interesting stories are beginning to be told through data and infographics. Microsoft (http://obieosobalu.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/infographic-an-overview-of-the-history-of-microsoft-in-the-last-10-years/) Foursquare and Old Spice have all put some useful examples together recently. The great patrons of this art are likely to be the corporations who, just like those of the Renaissance, have the means and the desire to develop their social profile using new technology. Visceral Business, the...

NHS London is continuing to make NHS data publically available as part of the government’s Information Revolution. In this latest update NHS London has made available previously unpublished data relating to major trauma, mental health and Londoners’ satisfaction with the NHS. We have also updated data relating to maternity services to include the very latest figures. The data is available on...

NHS London has started to make NHS data publically available as part of the government’s Information Revolution. There is a range of views about how data should be published and what is the most important kind of information for clinicians and for patients. The data is available on Datastore and on NHS London’s website here: www.london.nhs.uk/your-nhs-in-london/publishing-nhs-data. The London Clinical Senate, which has...