This POSTnote looks at the issues of giving easy access to public sector data along with how to maintain its quality and security.
Chandy worked at the British Antarctic Survey before joining POST, and has a PhD in high energy physics from Oxford University. She has a particular interest in international development and heads up POST's Africa programme.
Martin has a PhD in experimental particle physics from the University of Liverpool. He has worked as a section editor at Physics World magazine and was seconded to the Royal Statistical Society for a year to co-ordinate science training for journalists.