Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva
A mix of stuff: mainly #opendata, #dataprotection, #geospatial, #datapolicy, #ddj, #genAI, and #biodiversity. Also at @datadaptive and @correlatedrisk. He/him.
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https://www.owenboswarva.com/ 24-05-2011 18:57:15
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Digital court systems blamed for surge in personal data breaches standard.co.uk/news/london/di… HM Courts and Tribunals Service's annual report (published in July) gov.uk/government/pub… Common Platform gov.uk/government/pub… (supplier: Scrumconnect Consulting) #dataprotection #databreaches #courtdata #govtech
So Tory Defra said my story from last year of the farming budget underspend was “categorically untrue” (and told those following it up that I’d written a false story!). Now the figures have been officially released and Whaddaya know my story was correct amp.theguardian.com/environment/20…
The UK's Geospatial Commission is running a programme for government to play around with population movement data from mobile phones, apps, etc. Notice of contract award to KPMG: Provision of an Innovation Sandbox contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/72ee2d9… #techpolicy #dataprotection #datasharing
Good to see Labour backbencher Emily Thornberry MP chasing up Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's laggardly publication of spending data questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questi… Previous monthly releases gov.uk/government/col… + gov.uk/government/col… #publicspending #opengov #opendata
Congratulations to Chi Onwurah 💙 for her well deserved election to the chair of Science, Innovation and Technology Committee - she brings a lot of knowledge and many years experience to this portfolio committees.parliament.uk/committee/135/…
The dismal state of data on library services in England was highlighted in a short Lords debate yesterday hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2024-09-… Baroness Sanderson's review, published earlier this year gov.uk/government/new… + briefing lordslibrary.parliament.uk/public-librari… #publiclibraries #opendata 📚
Development of Subsurface Heat Geospatial Platform contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/1698deb… notice of direct award of £200,995.44 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero contract to British Geological Survey #geothermalheat #renewableenergy #energypolicy #govtech #opendata-ish (OGL "should be used wherever possible")