Comments on: Some more facts about SpotlightOnSpend for FullFact.org http://adrianshort.co.uk/2010/07/08/some-more-facts-about-spotlightonspend-for-fullfact-org/ Design, citizenship and the city Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:12:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katie Gilroy http://adrianshort.co.uk/2010/07/08/some-more-facts-about-spotlightonspend-for-fullfact-org/comment-page-1/#comment-1217 Katie Gilroy Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:27:04 +0000 http://adrianshort.co.uk/?p=606#comment-1217 I was interested to come across this post I am running a conference in partnership with DCLG on the new Transparency agenda. We have Spotlight on Spend and Chris Taggart speaking amongst others so this could start a fruitful debate on the day! Take a look at the agenda if you are interested at all www.neilstewartassociates.com/sa268 Keep up the interesting posts! Katie I was interested to come across this post

I am running a conference in partnership with DCLG on the new Transparency agenda. We have Spotlight on Spend and Chris Taggart speaking amongst others so this could start a fruitful debate on the day!

Take a look at the agenda if you are interested at all http://www.neilstewartassociates.com/sa268

Keep up the interesting posts!

Katie

]]> By: Jarna http://adrianshort.co.uk/2010/07/08/some-more-facts-about-spotlightonspend-for-fullfact-org/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 Jarna Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:53:51 +0000 http://adrianshort.co.uk/?p=606#comment-1057 This all changed a couple of weeks ago - all data on their website is now openly available and a few sites other than those mentioned here have already started using this data. See data.gov.uk for a link to the datasets. This all changed a couple of weeks ago – all data on their website is now openly available and a few sites other than those mentioned here have already started using this data. See data.gov.uk for a link to the datasets.

]]> By: FullFact http://adrianshort.co.uk/2010/07/08/some-more-facts-about-spotlightonspend-for-fullfact-org/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 FullFact Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:06:19 +0000 http://adrianshort.co.uk/?p=606#comment-1028 Hi Adrian, We've replied to the points you raised over on our original blog post. Briefly, our point was not that the SpotlightOnSpend website in any way fulfilled local government data access obligations, but that it was never the intention of Spikes Cavell to create that. DCLG has asked local authorities to make freely available data pertaining to all expenditure over £500 - the data held on SoS manifestly doesn't meet that objective, and Luke Spikes is happy to admit as much. So if councils whose data is published on the SoS website think that by using the site they are discharging their duty, as you claim, it is the councils themselves we need to hold to account, not Spikes Cavell, who are running a private service wholly unconnected with the freedom of data drive. Hope this clears things up. Hi Adrian,
We’ve replied to the points you raised over on our original blog post. Briefly, our point was not that the SpotlightOnSpend website in any way fulfilled local government data access obligations, but that it was never the intention of Spikes Cavell to create that. DCLG has asked local authorities to make freely available data pertaining to all expenditure over £500 – the data held on SoS manifestly doesn’t meet that objective, and Luke Spikes is happy to admit as much. So if councils whose data is published on the SoS website think that by using the site they are discharging their duty, as you claim, it is the councils themselves we need to hold to account, not Spikes Cavell, who are running a private service wholly unconnected with the freedom of data drive.
Hope this clears things up.

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