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Brown enlists web father to open up gov't data

Tim Berners-Lee on the case

Tags: berners-lee, data, brown

By David Meyer

Published: 10 June 2009 15:24 GMT

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.

Original article: PM calls on Berners-Lee in open-government drive from ZDNet UK

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