Posts by Josh Powell

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Global Standards, Local Data: OCDS in Vietnam

As countries line up commitments to publish data in the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS), an exciting and challenging...

June 2, 2016
Innovation, Procurement
What’s in it for us? A Government Perspective on Getting Value from Open Contracting

As unlikely as it seems for public procurement to generate excitement worldwide, the past several years have seen the rise of...

May 18, 2016
Innovation, Procurement
Adding Value to Government Procurement

As unlikely as it seems for public procurement to generate excitement worldwide, the past several years have seen the rise of...

May 12, 2016
Innovation, Procurement
Collaborating Toward Open Contracting

Last week, Tom Steinberg caused a buzz in the open data community with his strong commentary on...

May 2, 2016
Open Data, Procurement
Open Contracting in Vietnam

Development Gateway is proud to announce a new program with the Government of Vietnam, supported by the World Bank Open Contracting team to help increase the transparency...

November 12, 2015
News/Events, Procurement
How to Find, Analyze, and Apply Aid Data

The global community, as represented at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit and beyond, has made strides in producing a variety of open data, including open aid data....

November 4, 2015
Aid Effectiveness & Management, News/Events, Open Data
Designing a Human-Centered Data Revolution

At the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals is the need to ensure that nobody is left behind...

September 18, 2015
Data Use
Data Sharing: Access, Language, and Context All Matter

Investments in data – and open data – have grown during the 15 years of the MDG era...

September 15, 2015
Open Data
What’s next for U.S. Government aid transparency?

Earlier this month, Publish What You Fund’s U.S. Aid Transparency Review showed strong improvements from the U.S. Government (USG)....

August 4, 2015 Global Data Policy
Aid Effectiveness & Management
IATI and Country Systems: DG Working Paper

This blog post introduces a new DG working paper on the use of IATI data in country Aid Information Managements Systems (AIMS). The working paper aims to help inform discussions at the IATI TAG and Steering Committee Meetings, to be held in Ottawa from May 30-June 2...

May 21, 2015
Aid Effectiveness & Management, Open Data