By David Meyer, 10 June 2009 15:24
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Gordon Brown is bringing in the inventor of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, to help open up government data.
Brown made the announcement in Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, during a speech on constitutional reform.
Brown said in his speech: "So that government information is accessible and useful for the widest possible group of people, I have asked Sir Tim Berners-Lee who led the creation of the world wide web, to help us drive the opening up of access to government data in the web over the coming month."
Berners-Lee is a strong proponent of citizens having secure control over their own data, and has criticised the UK government for seemingly condoning the use by ISPs of techniques such as deep-packet inspection.
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1. karen challinor
shame Mr Brown couldn't instigate all these reforms and listen to the electorate before he got his a*se kicked in the local and european elections
I wonder if any of these measures will bear fruit before the next general election
I wonder if any will survive in any significant way after the next general election, should Mr Brown by some miracle secure a further five years of untouchable omnipotence