UK: The 2010 data election, redux, The Guardian (2010)
Can data win elections? Gordon Brown launched his proposals to provide superfast broadband vital to prevent the 'digital divide'. While most of the news focus will be on the plans to introduce a £6-a-year landline tax, an unheralded focus was just how much of the speech focused on the plans for government data.
The link address is: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/mar/22/gordon-brown-government-data