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  1. RT @owenboswarva Home Office refuses to give Labour MP basic details of meetings with @BritishInsurers: bit.ly/JuBthD #uktransparency
  2. #uktransparency report by @NAOorguk ignores violations of HMT Guidance for UK govt spending data formats: validator.govtrace.com cc @tkelsey1
  3. ODI is now on whatdotheyknow.com/body/open_data… its legal entity clarified after govt £10m subsidy announced 22 May: opencorporates.com/companies/gb/0… #uktransparency
  4. why is @whoslobbying not using @flattr? - thoughts from tonight's pub chat with @scraperwiki #flattr
  5. Government to publish formal response to Statutory Register of Lobbyists consultation before summer recess: theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2012… #lobbying
  6. 'Adam Smith tells the Leveson Inquiry that he was "bombarded" with information from a News Corp lobbyist': bbc.co.uk/news/uk-182020… #lobbying
  7. @psychemedia have the govt release some csv/pdf with this information? currently WL refers to wikipedia for public appointment data
  8. waiting for @companieshouse free basic data: companieshouse.gov.uk/toolsToHelp/fr… charges for filings & directors remain @oduguk @datagovuk @govuk #opendata
  9. RT @psychemedia Chair of UK OpenData User Group announced bit.ly/KRvgYq @oduguk Elsewhere, any news on lobby register, @whoslobbying?
  10. @psychemedia no news on lobbying register that I've heard of - hopefully will have a browser extension for whatdotheyknow finished tomorrow!
  11. @lucia_adams @whatdotheyknow @mysociety I'll be popping into the event around midday - look forward to seeing you then!
  12. watch our video about open data and innovation: blog.whoslobbying.com/post/235659834… cc @cabinetofficeuk @oduguk @datagovuk @govuk #uktransparency #opendata
  13. "MPs scared of News International": uk.reuters.com/article/2012/0… #lobbying #leveson
  14. working on @whoslobbying integration with @whatdotheyknow for tomorrow's @mysociety hackday: mysociety.org/2012/05/17/mys… #dataday #datajournalism
  15. @fantasticlife @libbymiller you can even view @whoslobbying data on Wikipedia with this handy browser extension: whoslobbying.com/services/wikip…
  16. @fantasticlife @libbymiller it's easier to link to Wikipedia as it has same coarseness of identity; nos on @opencorporates more fine grained
  17. "UK Government faces tough questions after intervention to aid Shell in US court case on human rights abuses" amnesty.org.uk/news_details.a… #lobbying
  18. "Jeremy Hunt is to be investigated over claims he failed to register donations from media firms": bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi… #lobbying
  19. "Do Britain's open government initiatives lack ambition?": guardian.co.uk/public-leaders… UK needs to extend corporate transparency #opendata #opengov
  20. see Who’s Lobbying data on Wikipedia with our new browser extension: blog.whoslobbying.com/post/234063956… - install it today! :) #wikipedia #wmuk #lobbying