Openly Local :: Making Local Government More Transparent

The project provides a unified way of accessing UK Local Government information. It has information on (as per 2011-12-03):

• 163 councils
• 11,418 councillors
• 6,728 committees
• 77,830 committee meetings
• 498 hyperlocal sites
• 44,855 documents
• Over 270,956 pieces of data
• 2,368,794 financial transactions

Most of the data is accessible as XML, JSON and RDF through a simple API (just add .json or .xml to the URL). There is also a Google Gadget, an app for Hyperlocal sites using Ning, and a javascript widget.

Openness

• Open. CC-BY-SA and ODbL. See license info page.
• No bulk download though API access to most of the underlying data.