Civic tech
Crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing is a sourcing model in which individuals or organisations obtain goods or services from a large, relatively open group of participants.
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Data glossaryOpen Government
Open Government
Civic techOpen data
Open government, in line with the open movement generally, seeks to make the operations and decisions of government more transparent.
It includes the ideals of democracy, due process, citizen participation and open government data.
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Freedom of Information (FOI)
A requirement in law (e.g. the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in the UK or the FOIA in the US) for public bodies to publish certain information.
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Open data
Open Data
Open Data is the idea that some data should be freely available to everyone to use and republish as they wish, without restrictions.
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