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Artificial Intelligence for Open Government Lab @uva.nl Advancing AI (IR & NLP) to make open government data more accessible, transparent, and impactful. #AI #OpenGov https://opengov.nl
Vrijdag bezochten @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social TK-leden @barbarakathmann.bsky.social en @lucstultiens.bsky.social, en Amsterdams gemeenteraadslid @elisabethijmker.bsky.social, ons bij LAB42 (UvA). Damiaan Reijnaers en ik mochten ons ICAI @opengov.nl Lab presenteren: graus.nu/blog/opengov...
23.06.2025 12:26 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Volgende week vrijdag organiseren we onze jaarlijkse @opengov.nl Woorkshop. Waar een ~20-tal #AI, #DataScience, en Informatiekunde studenten die “wat spannends doen met de Woo” hun scripties presenteren!
13-17 uur, LAB42 in Amsterdam. Iedereen is welkom!
wooverheid.nl/2025/06/18/u...
News @uva.nl: “Many of the advances in IR and NLP can be directly applied to improving access and use of open government data,” says lab manager @graus.nu. “I believe these technologies can truly help create a more transparent government and a better-informed society.”
www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...
Morgen presenteren we het ICAI @opengov.nl Lab in Den Haag bij het Nationaal Archief. Leuk als je komt!
www.informatiehuishouding.nl/actueel/acti...
Op donderdag 15 mei presenteren @graus.nu, @jkamps.bsky.social, en Maarten Marx het ICAI OpenGov Lab op Demo Donderdag in het Nationaal Archief in Den Haag! Start 16:00 uur. Aansluitend is er de open donderdag netwerkborrel. Meer info+ aanmelden: www.informatiehuishouding.nl/actueel/acti...
08.05.2025 05:50 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Op donderdag 15 mei presenteren @graus.nu, @jkamps.bsky.social, en Maarten Marx het ICAI OpenGov Lab op Demo Donderdag in het Nationaal Archief in Den Haag! Start 16:00 uur. Aansluitend is er de open donderdag netwerkborrel. Meer info+ aanmelden: www.informatiehuishouding.nl/actueel/acti...
08.05.2025 05:50 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Super excited about getting started! Follow @opengov.nl to stay tuned for our first papers and more. #OpenGov
07.05.2025 07:39 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The ICAI OpenGov Lab is live!
We kicked off yesterday at LAB42 (UvA, Amsterdam). Our PhD candidates shared exciting research plans on AI, archives & disinfo, with valuable input from our partners at informatiehuishouding + ipartnerschap. More soon, follow us for updates!
#opengov #AI #NLP
Happy birthday Woo (Wet Open Overheid - Dutch Open Government Act), since May 1st, 2022. 🕯️🕯️🕯️
01.05.2025 09:50 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Today, @anneschuth.nl (Rijks ICT Gilde) visited the @opengov.nl lab before his talk at @irlab-amsterdam.bsky.social (www.meetup.com/sea-search-e...), to explore collaboration with our PhD students Damiaan and Lisa, and catch up with @graus.nu and @jkamps.bsky.social. Great having you around, Anne!
25.04.2025 13:58 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 Q1 results from the ICAI OpenGov Lab (@opengov.nl) are out! See a few highlights in the 🧵 below. For all details, see the blo post on wooverheid (🇳🇱): wooverheid.nl/2025/04/21/2...
22.04.2025 08:14 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
📊 Reports published:
🐢 “Schildpaddensoep” → Woo request delays (w/ @openstate.eu & IMI)
🗂️ ACOI report on barriers to filing Woo requests
#OpenGov #Woo #Transparency #ICAI #Woogle #ACOI #IMI #OSF
More details: wooverheid.nl/2025/04/21/2...
♿ Accessibility: Audit shows major gaps in Woo document accessibility for blind/visually impaired users.
🔓 Also launched: lakdetector.wooverheid.nl — detects redacted text in PDFs for transparency insights across 10+ yrs of Woo docs.
🔍 WooGLe has grown to 3.4M docs & 18M pages! Now includes all Dutch laws from wetten.nl + historic and current parliamentary records (1576–present).
🛠️ WooZM: govs can now launch their own search engine in their own style — fast, free, and fully customizable: wooverheid.nl/2025/01/17/w...
🚨 Q1 results from the ICAI OpenGov Lab (@opengov.nl) are out! See a few highlights in the 🧵 below. For all details, see the blo post on wooverheid (🇳🇱): wooverheid.nl/2025/04/21/2...
22.04.2025 08:14 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Wij waren op #ECIR2025 met @opengov.nl: korte reportage van onze razende reporter op afstand Maarten Marx!
wooverheid.nl/2025/04/10/o...
Damiaan, PhD student at the @opengov.nl Lab presented his pitch at the 2nd Search Futures Workshop (searchfutures.github.io) at #ECIR2025 on document representation using legal contextual information, flanked by He who sacrificed Himself for our sins. Great workshop so far!
10.04.2025 10:15 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0At the ICAI OpenGov Lab (@OpenGov.nl) we’re excited to contribute and explore how #NLP and information retrieval can help governments provide transparency that actually informs and empowers citizens! 5/5
27.03.2025 13:41 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0To help bridge that gap, the authors recommend experimenting with the responsible use of #AI to move beyond disclosure-by-default, towards transparency that truly serves the public. 4/5
27.03.2025 13:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Citizens need accessible, relevant information—especially about their personal surroundings. That calls for a more communicative approach. But legal and communicative logics can clash in practice. 3/5
27.03.2025 13:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0One key conclusion: governments tend to focus on the legal aspect of transparency (e.g., complying with the Woo), which results in info that's technically public but often not useful or understandable for citizens. 2/5
27.03.2025 13:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The ACOI recently commissioned a report with Utrecht University on what meaningful government transparency should look like: active disclosure that actually meets the information needs of citizens.
👉 www.acoi.nl/actueel/nieu... 1/5 🧵
Our scientific co-director Maarten Marx co-authored an analysis of FOI request handling in the Netherlands in 2024, w/ @openstate.eu and Instituut Maatschappelijke Innovatie (IMI). Download the report (Dutch, PDF) here: openstate.eu/wp-content/u...
Some points of interest in the thread below 🧵 1/3
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- Local governments are quicker: provinces average 83 days, and a sample of municipalities 82 days
- Amsterdam brought its average down from 137 to 63 days 🎉
Read more details in this (auto-translated) article @openstate.eu: openstate-eu.translate.goog/nl/2025/03/a...
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- Ministries take an average of 188 days to respond to information requests (up from 172 last year): the legal maximum response time is set 42 days
- Response times vary greatly: OCW (Education, Culture & Science) is fastest at 99 days, while J&V (Justice & Security) is slowest at 299 days
Our scientific co-director Maarten Marx co-authored an analysis of FOI request handling in the Netherlands in 2024, w/ @openstate.eu and Instituut Maatschappelijke Innovatie (IMI). Download the report (Dutch, PDF) here: openstate.eu/wp-content/u...
Some points of interest in the thread below 🧵 1/3
Comic: HOW TO FOIA Here's how to do it! Revealing Records: How to FOIA Perspective by Nate Jones. Illustrations by Emily Joynton. Editing by Sarah Childress, Jenna Pirog and Hannah Good. Art direction by Hannah Good and Marissa Vonesh. Design editing by Christian Font. Copy editing by Jordan Melendrez.
The best way to celebrate #SunshineWeek on National Freedom of Information Day is to learn how to use the Freedom of Information Act & then use the FOIA to request info from our government: FOIA.gov
FOIA Comic by @washingtonpost.com @foianate.bsky.social via @sunshineweek.bsky.social
#opengov
Today marks the first day of #SunshineWeek! ☀️
This week, we celebrate open government and the people’s right to public information.
Our @opengov.nl lab is on Bluesky!
08.03.2025 10:52 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
