News about open_data on 2021-07-02

10 - year - old girl dies in accidental shooting in Southwest Philly , police say
A 10-year-old girl has died in a shooting in the US city of Philadelphia, police have said, following an interactive dashboard project which uses data from the city's youths to calculate their ability to shoot teenagers.
Source: phillyvoice.com
Published on 2021-07-02

AFP Case Detection Along International Border Communities in Oyo State : Challenges , Opportunities and Threats
The BBC's Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GFP) has published a new report on how the acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance network is handled in Nigeria. This article contains images of those affected by the virus.
Source: comminit.com
Published on 2021-07-02

COVID - 19 in Ottawa : Fast Facts for July 2 , 2021
The Canadian city of Ottawa has been hit by the coronavirus outbreak for the first time in more than a decade. Here's what you need to know about the impact of the pandemic and how it affects the local community - and what is going on.
Source: ottawa.ctvnews.ca
Published on 2021-07-02

GCN Reports Insider Threats Rank Among the Most Challenging Risks Governments Face
insider threats are among the most challenging risks governments face, according to a new report from the Global Confidential Intelligence Agency (GCN). Why is it so important to protect employees and contractors from unintentional attacks, asks the BBC's Chris Stokel-Walker.
Source: prnewswire.com
Published on 2021-07-02

Looking to the West : the global real - time payments opportunity
In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Nick Raper looks at what Open Banking is offering to end-users - and what it offers to those who use their banking services and ways to pay for a second time.
Source: finextra.com
Published on 2021-07-02

Mining governance in Mongolia improves slightly , but public disclosures , governance of state - owned enterprises require attention
Mongolia’s mining governance has fallen to its lowest level since the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new assessment of the country's resources and environmental impacts for the past three years, the latest estimates have revealed .
Source: montsame.mn
Published on 2021-07-02

Nigeria : Anti - Corruption - CISLAC , FRC , Engage Varsity Students On Fiscal , Extractive Transparency
Two of Nigeria's biggest financial institutions have called on students in tertiary institutions in the capital, Abuja, to join the fight against corruption in public and extractive sectors, according to a report from the National Youth Service (UNICEF) .
Source: allafrica.com
Published on 2021-07-02

THAILAND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION BOOSTS DATA INDUSTRY
Thailand’s digital government policy will spearhead the digitalisation of the private sector and drive the country's overall economic competitiveness, according to a new report from the government. The BBC’r Solomon Wongsamuth looks at the progress made by the scheme.
Source: bangkokpost.com
Published on 2021-07-02

Three new cases of COVID - 19 in Ottawa on Friday , active cases at lowest level since June 2020
The number of cases of COVID-19 in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, has risen to its lowest level in more than a year, according to public health officials. Ontario's key coronavirus status has been revealed by the health service ONS.
Source: ottawa.ctvnews.ca
Published on 2021-07-02