t allow open reuse of election data for example, whilst in the US there is no federal dataset that contains all corporate registrations. The analysis also finds a 'very disappointing' degree of openness when it comes to company registers with only 5 out of the top 20 registering even basic information via a truly open licence. Only 10 of these allow bulk download. Another issue the research highlighted...
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