Comments on: Fresh from MySoc labs: planning alerts by postcode http://idealgovernment.com/2007/01/fresh_from_mysoc_labs_planning_alerts_by_postcode/ What do we want from Internet-age government? Wouldn't it be better if... Wed, 14 May 2014 08:35:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robert http://idealgovernment.com/2007/01/fresh_from_mysoc_labs_planning_alerts_by_postcode/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:44:04 +0000 http://fresh_from_mysoc_labs_planning_alerts_by_postcode#comment-1359 Richard could save some time by going through the Department for Communities and Local Government and asking them to advise the 400 councils in England to publish the details in the format he wishes.

]]> By: Charles Arthur http://idealgovernment.com/2007/01/fresh_from_mysoc_labs_planning_alerts_by_postcode/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:35:37 +0000 http://fresh_from_mysoc_labs_planning_alerts_by_postcode#comment-1358 This is something we’ve written about in the Guardian this week as part of the Free Our Data campaign (www.freeourdata.org.uk).

The ideal would be for local authorities to have XML feeds or APIs for queries. But yes, it’s good.

And if government departments beyond the DCA and its Statute Law Database would make their data available..

]]> By: Ruth Kennedy http://idealgovernment.com/2007/01/fresh_from_mysoc_labs_planning_alerts_by_postcode/comment-page-1/#comment-1357 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:41:48 +0000 http://fresh_from_mysoc_labs_planning_alerts_by_postcode#comment-1357 This is a great example of co-creation to show Pat McFadden – and raise the why go through a cross-cutting-Gateway-review-external-tender-complicated-procurement-process-when-people-will-do-stuff-for-free question.

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