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ICAI OpenGov Lab
@opengov.nl
Artificial Intelligence for Open Government Lab @uva.nl

Advancing AI (IR & NLP) to make open government data more accessible, transparent, and impactful.

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https://opengov.nl
Built on top of WooGLe, it shows how LLMs can assist government search, not replace it. Read the full recap by @maiklarooij.nl: opengov.nl/blog/2025/11...
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
About 58% of all Woo requests lead to objections, mostly because officials miss relevant docs in their search. We built a prototype to tackle exactly that.
Our tool “Zoek & Verrijk” uses an LLM for FOIA-focused query expansion and reference extraction, helping officials uncover missing material.
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📊 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...
2025 Q1 Opengov lab resultaten
Hieronder een overzicht van de behaalde resultaten van het opengov ICAI lab in het eerste kwartaal van 2025. Woogle, informatieregister In 2024 weer verdubbeld in grootte, nu 3.4 miljoen dossi…
wooverheid.nl
April 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
♿ 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.
Lakdetector
Colorlib Templates
lakdetector.wooverheid.nl
April 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🔍 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...
Eenvoudig zoeken - Overheid.nl | Wetten.nl
wetten.nl
April 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM