January 28, 2020
The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2020
A new report from the Centre for Humanitarian Data aims to increase awareness of data that is available and missing across humanitarian operations.
January 28, 2020
A new report from the Centre for Humanitarian Data aims to increase awareness of data that is available and missing across humanitarian operations.
January 23, 2020
As Lucy Bernholz writes, we need to lose the old-fashioned concept of going online and address how and why we're controlled by our digital systems.
April 19, 2019
The Global Open Data Index from Open Knowledge International provides the most comprehensive snapshot available of the state of open government data publication.
December 6, 2018
Mobile apps are empowering millions of rural farmers across the West African country of Ghana. But there may be a flip side.
October 13, 2017
Listen to Lucy Bernholz, Cinthia Schuman Ottinger, Beth Simone Noveck, David Borenstein, and Neville Vakharia discuss the new machine-readable Form 990 and the opportunities and challenges presented to U.S. nonprofits and civil society. Recent regulatory changes have made e-filed Form 990s, the data-rich annual financial disclosure forms for U.S. nonprofits, publicly available as machine-readable digital...
August 10, 2017
Nonprofits and philanthropy organizations need to engage more with digital data in their activities. However, they must also be careful to avoid the ‘dark side’ of data and digitization, and respect the privacy and security of individuals’ data.
February 8, 2017
Digital data offers a world of possibilities for civil society to achieve greater impact – data transforms how we operate, interact and serve constituents. At the same time, poorly-managed data can cause great harm. Civil society’s rising dependence on digital data and infrastructure has raised new ethical and governance challenges,...
December 13, 2016
Rachel Rank, Chief Executive of 360Giving, talks about her organization's open data initiative for grantmaking.
October 17, 2016
Considering the close working relationship between government and nonprofits, it is surprising how little is known about the details of that relationship. The DATA ACT could change all of that.