Open Data & Open Gov
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Open data and open government can foster more transparent and engaged interactions between governments and citizens when both have equal access to information. Some key benefits include increased civic engagement, economic opportunities from data reuse and innovation, and more participatory governance. However, governments often resist open data due to concerns about costs, privacy, and losing control over data. For data to have value, it needs to be widely available in open and machine-readable formats along with guidelines for appropriate use. When combined with civic participation, open data can power applications that create social and economic benefits.
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Open Data & Open Gov
- 1. Open Data & Open Gov. Where government and citizens get into intelligent interactions based on equal knowledge
- 2. Definition
- 3. Canada was a late comer
- 4. Set Your Data and Information Free
- 5. Data Culture Beginnings - Demand for Geographic Information “The advent of GIS was the result…of the growing societal need for geographical information, of a change in the technology that made such systems possible, and of private sector vision and government foresight that initiated and sustained their development.” – Roger Tomlinson, in The History of GIS (1998), p.21
- 6. Data Culture – Internet/Google “Expectations are high: web generation users want the information they seek to be online, instantly available, and preferably free.” Canadian Digital Information Strategy (CDIS), (2007)
- 7. New Economic Model Influences on Data Culture • Google model: make a fortune by charging nothing* • Impact of new economy – Newspapers, Music Industry… • Free Toronto Star everywhere • Metro Canada newspaper is the most read daily newspaper in Canada * Chris Anderson, Wired Magazine editor in chief and author of Free and the Long Tail
- 8. Why Open Data? Civics: • Engagement by citizens / Individual decision making • Fosters feeling of partnership between government and citizens • Less red-tape (one license, no cost) • Relieve burden of analysis • Economic and Innovation Drivers • Academic – Research and Teaching • Furthers life-cycle of data (Data Re-use / Repurposing / Fixing)
- 9. US Executive Order - Open and Machine Readable Government Information General principles: • Openness strengthens democracy, promotes good services to citizens and contributes to economic growth; fuels entrepreneurship, innovation and scientific discovery and contributes to job creation • Default state for government information resources to be open and machine- readable, managed through life-cycle, promoting interoperability and openness • Release data in such way that it is easy to find, accessible, and usable • Ensure safeguarding individual privacy, confidentiality, and national security
- 10. Expected Benefits of Open Government Data Transparency. Citizens need to know what their government is doing. They need to be able freely to access government data and information and to share that information with other citizens. Sharing and reuse allows analysing and visualising to create more understanding. Releasing social and commercial value. Data is a key resource for social and commercial activities. Government creates or holds a large amount of information. Open government data can help drive the creation of innovative business and services that deliver social and commercial value. Participatory governance. Open Data enables citizens to be much more directly informed and involved in decision-making and facilitation their contribution to the process of governance. Reducing government costs. Open Data enables the sharing of information within governments in machine-readable interoperable formats, hence reducing costs of information exchange and data integration. Governments themselves are the biggest reusers of Open Government Data. Weather data: Open data from US National Weather Service supports a private weather industry worth over $1.5 billion per year.
- 11. Resistance to Open Data • Historical position as / creator / holder / owner / controller • $ - Support and staff time costs / Fear of lost revenues • Fear of misinterpretation • Mentality “why would anyone be interested in these data?” • Lack of guidelines and policies as examples (OMG in US, * some in Canada) • Privacy issues (gaining in strength/fear/confusion) • Legal and Copyright complications…
- 12. What Data and Information? Wide variety of data/information like: Administrative Statistical Geospatial, maps Meteorological Research Databases, real-time data Photos, videos
- 13. What Data and Information? NOT: • Personal information • Commercially sensitive • Security implications • Culturally sensitive • Other reasons, e.g. incomplete data and information that may be materially misleading
- 14. How to get re-users involved • Activist programmers • Students • Publishing companies • Research • “Data” journalism
- 15. Evangelism
- 16. Open Data, Open Government Open data is necessary but not sufficient for open government TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
- 17. Open Government Open Gov principles translate into real services and apps ...
- 18. A view on communications and open data
- 22. Government communication Government Society Public Communication Public Communication
- 23. Government communication Government Society Public Communication Public Communications Social media
- 24. Government communication Government Society Open Data Open Data
- 25. Open Data Portal – City of Palo Alto http://data.cityofpaloalto.org/
- 26. Open Data Catalogue http://paloalto.opendata.junar.com/dashboards/7539/2010-census-data/
- 33. Belgium: Where’s my Villo Where's My Villo? uses real-time data to track the performance of Brussels' bike-sharing scheme, Villo!, a public-private partnership. The site allows users to report on availability of bikes. The site then presents the empirical evidence that leads to improved services. It uses open government data (location of bike stations) and adds crowd-sourcing for quality monitoring and feedback to the city council.
- 35. • A culture shift is required in order to encourage innovation. Public sector is inherently risk adverse. • If we make the mistake of standing still, we will fall further and further behind.
- 36. Societal issues + Open data + App developers = Real solutions