“ [New UK government] The coalition says it will:
• take steps to open up government procurement and reduce costs;
• publish government ICT contracts online.
• create a level playing field for open-source software and will enable large ICT projects to be split into smaller components.
• require full, online disclosure of all central government spending and contracts over £25,000.
• create a new ‘right to data’ so that government-held datasets can be requested and used by the public, and then published on a regular basis
• require all councils to publish meeting minutes and local service and performance data
• require all councils to publish items of spending above £500, and to publish contracts and tender documents in full
• ensure that all data published by public bodies is published in an open and standardised format, so that it can be used easily and with minimal cost by third parties.
• take steps to open up government procurement and reduce costs;
• publish government ICT contracts online.
• create a level playing field for open-source software and will enable large ICT projects to be split into smaller components.
• require full, online disclosure of all central government spending and contracts over £25,000.
• create a new ‘right to data’ so that government-held datasets can be requested and used by the public, and then published on a regular basis
• require all councils to publish meeting minutes and local service and performance data
• require all councils to publish items of spending above £500, and to publish contracts and tender documents in full
• ensure that all data published by public bodies is published in an open and standardised format, so that it can be used easily and with minimal cost by third parties.
