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Comments on the National Geospatial Policy (Draft, V.1.0), 2016: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Jun 01, 2016 — last modified Jun 30, 2016 09:40 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Open Data, Open Government Data, Featured, Geospatial Data, National Geospatial Policy, Openness
The Department of Science and Technology published the first public draft of the National Geospatial Policy (v.1.0) on May 05, 2016, and invited comments from the public. CIS submitted the following comments in response. The comments were authored by Adya Garg, Anubha Sinha, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Design Public Conclave, 6th Edition: by Amber Sinha — published Nov 15, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 04:45 PM — filed under: Open Data, Open Innovation, Openness
The 6th edition of the Design Public Conclave was hosted by Civic Labs, an initiative of the Center for Knowledge Studies, and part of the Vihara Innovation Network, in partnership with Social Innovation Exchange, Okapi, Business World, Business World for Smart Cities, and the Delhi Jal Board.
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Public Consultation for the First Draft of 'Government Open Data Use License - India' Announced: by Anubha Sinha — published Jun 30, 2016 — last modified Jun 30, 2016 09:41 AM — filed under: Open Government Data, Open License, Open Data, NDSAP, Featured, Openness
The first public draft of the open data license to be used by Government of India was released by the Department of Legal Affairs earlier this week. Comments are invited from general public and stakeholders. These are to be submitted via the MyGov portal by July 25, 2016. CIS was a member of the committee constituted to develop the license concerned, and we contributed substantially to the drafting process.
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