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🎉 Full paper accepted at #ICAIL2026! This paper studies LLMs and representation for generating executable decision models from legal text w/ the Dutch Environment and Planning Portal (DSO) as case study, as it pairs complex hand-crafted decision models with legal articles. There's 2 main findings! 🧵
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Submit a paper to the 1st AI & #OpenGov workshop at #ICAIL2026. I know we will!
One more week left. Details below 👇
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easy 😎
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2nd #CfP: 1st AI & #OpenGov Workshop at #ICAIL2026!
Papers due April 9, 2026 (about 3 weeks!). We invite submissions of: Research papers (3-9 pages + refs): original research contributions and Position papers (up to 5 pages + refs): insights from practice. Full CFP Below 👇
aiog.net/cfp/
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We are co-organizing the 1st AI and Open Government (@aiog.net) Workshop af #ICAIL2026! See the CfP here: opengov.nl/blog/2026/02...
Submit your research or position papers by April 9!
#ai #opengov
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We have published the #CFP for our AI and Open Government Workshop, to be held colocated with the International Conference on AI and Law (ICAIL) in Singapore.
Read more:
graus.nu/research/cal...
#AI #OpenGov
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📢 Call for Papers: AI & Open Government Workshop @ ICAIL 2026
We invite research papers (3–9 pages) and position papers (up to 5 pages) on #AI for government transparency, #FOIA, public records access, and more.
📅 Paper deadline: April 9, 2026
📍 Singapore, June 8, 2026 (hybrid)
🔗 aiog.net/cfp/
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Submit to the AI & Open Government Workshop (@aiog.net) at ICAIL 2026! CFP is out, see: aiog.net/cfp/
#AI #OpenGov #FOIA
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#WooGLe got a small makeover! 🔍 We've updated the dossier and document list pages with a refreshed design, plus a lot of behind-the-scenes improvements for easier maintenance and future updates. More changes (including the search interface) coming soon! Found a bug? Reach out! (images: before/after)
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You can now export your own datadumps from our #OpenGov search engine WooGLe, check out the writeup by @maiklarooij.nl: opengov.nl/blog/2026/01...
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The tally for 2025 is done! We've gone from 4 to over 8 million documents indexed, from nearly 800 government bodies in WooGLe: our OpenGov search engine! Read more about what we added, and our plans for 2026! opengov.nl/blog/2026/01...
#opengov #opendata @maiklarooij.nl
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Our lab manager @graus.nu is co-organizing the "AI and Open Government Workshop" at the 21st International Conference on AI and Law (ICAIL 2026), in Singapore 🇸🇬, June 8-12.
🔗 For more information, see: aiog.net / @aiog.net
#AI #OpenGov #FOIA #Law
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Woohoo! Paper accepted to Findings at @ecir2026.eu! 🎉
We use LLMs for axial coding of political debates, work led by Angelina Parfenova (TU Munich), who I met at last year's ECIR in Lucca 🇮🇹
Love it when conference chats turn into papers! #ECIR2026 @opengov.nl
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Last month, the OpenGov Lab welcomed the AI Lab voor de Publieke Diensten (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social), with contributions from @graus.nu, @irisbeerepoot.bsky.social, @maiklarooij.nl!
Read more about our PhD meetup here: opengov.nl/blog/2025/11...
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Her thesis examines the Dutch Algorithm Register (Algoritmeregister) as a case study to evaluate whether algorithm disclosures support democratic oversight, and analyses the institutional dynamics shaping these transparency practices.
Get her thesis here: scripties.uba.uva.nl/download?fid... [PDF]
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Congrats to Barbora Wenzlova for receiving the Victorine van Schaick Prize 2025 for her master thesis “Beyond Disclosure: Evaluating Algorithmic Transparency in the Dutch Algorithm Register”, supervised by @jkamps.bsky.social at the @opengov.nl lab: www.opengov.nl/blog/2025/11...
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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...
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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.
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We joined the “Terminal Woo” hackathon at the Fokker Terminal with @opengov.nl; pitching an IR-inspired fix for a real problem in Dutch FOIA (Woo) search.
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We attended the @uva.nl thesis fairs! Read @maiklarooij.nl's writeup on @opengov.nl: opengov.nl/blog/2025/10...
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Students @uva.nl in #AI, #datascience, and computer science: come meet us at the (AI) Thesis Fairs this Friday, October 17th and talk about our #OpenGov MSc thesis projects! opengov.nl/events/2025/...
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Deze week namen Damiaan en @maiklarooij.nl van @opengov.nl mee aan de Democracy Accelerator ideathon van @openstate.eu en het Social Technology Lab.
🏆 "Quote of Context" gepitcht door @maiklarooij.nl en Arjan Haring werd democratisch verkozen tot het winnend idee:
www.linkedin.com/posts/opengo...
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Congrats to Floris Bos (not pictured), who won the Best Short Paper Award at #TPDL2025 (Tampere 🇫🇮) for his @opengov.nl MSc thesis “Linking References to Documents in Parliamentary Debates.”
Paper co-authored with Marc van Opijnen & Maarten Marx (who received the award). #OpenGov
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Lab Swag!
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Damiaan Reijnaers, PhD student in the @opengov.nl lab, presented his poster on neuro-symbolic legal document representations at @clin35-2025.bsky.social this morning! #OpenGov #CLIN35
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Are you a final year master student in AI/Data Science in the greater Amsterdam area? Join us at the ICAI OpenGov Lab for your master thesis. Data and ideas abound!
See a preliminary list of projects below or reach out with your own 👇🏻
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Vrijdag bezochten @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social TK-leden @barbarakathmann.bsky.social en @lucstultiens.bsky.social, en Amsterdams gemeenteraadslid @elisabethijmker.bsky.social, ons bij LAB42 (UvA). Damiaan Reijnaers en ik mochten ons ICAI @opengov.nl Lab presenteren: graus.nu/blog/opengov...
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Volgende week vrijdag organiseren we onze jaarlijkse @opengov.nl Woorkshop. Waar een ~20-tal #AI, #DataScience, en Informatiekunde studenten die “wat spannends doen met de Woo” hun scripties presenteren!
13-17 uur, LAB42 in Amsterdam. Iedereen is welkom!
wooverheid.nl/2025/06/18/u...
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