UK Cabinet Office Relaunches Data.gov.uk, Releases Open Data White Paper

The British government is doubling down on the notion that open data can be a catalyst for increased government transparency, civic utility and economic prosperity.

Yesterday, the United Kingdom's Cabinet Office hosted an event in London, England to highlight the release of a new white paper on "unleashing the potential of open data," linked at the bottom of the post, and the relaunch of a Data.gov.uk, the country's open data platform. The site now has over 9,000 data sets on it, according to the Cabinet Office.