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[News] Greater Transparency in the UK, Kenya

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Becta money goes to free schools project

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| The grant in question was a mechanism of 
| Becta, the government agency that was in 
| charge of IT in education until it was 
| scrapped in May. At the time, the Coalition 
| said it would save Â80m by getting rid of 
| Becta and cutting back on other Department 
| for Education quangos.
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http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/communication-breakdown-10000030/becta-money-goes-to-free-schools-project-10016349/

Government pushes for open-standard data releases

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| Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has 
| said that public releases of data will use 
| open standards when possible.
| 
| Answering a parliamentary written question 
| from Labour MP Tom Watson, Maude said the 
| government will use open data standards for 
| future releases of public data, based on 
| the advice of the Public Sector 
| Transparency Board. "Where possible we will 
| use recognised open standards including 
| Linked Data standards," he said. 
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http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/regulation/2010/06/21/government-pushes-for-open-standard-data-releases-40089300/

Future of Health: Map Kibera Creates An Infrastructure For Health Care

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| Map Kibera is an open-source project 
| started in 2009 in response to the lack of 
| information available for the Kibera 
| district of Nairobi, Kenya â one of the 
| worldâs largest slums.
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http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/future-of-health-map-kibera-creates-an-infrastructure-for-healthcare.html
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