Open Government Data Andrew Stott UK Transparency Board formerly Director, data. gov. uk Bratislava Plenary 05 Mar 2012 @dirdigeng andrew. stott@dirdigeng. com
A World of Open Data 2
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Federal Government, USA 4
United Kingdom Government 5
Australia 6
Singapore 7
Spain 8
Moldova 9
Kenya – first in Africa 10
France 11
World Bank 12
London, United Kingdom 13
Vancouver, Canada 14
Rennes, France 15
San Francisco, USA 16
Berlin, Germany 17
Vienna, Austria 18
A World of Open Data Now over 200 governmental Open Data sites 19
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How is data. gov. uk being used? 21
Information services to the public 22
Operational efficiency/optimisation 23
Data Mining 24
Social value and cohesion 25
Improving Public Services 26
Holding government accountable 27
Data Journalism 28
Lessons learned 29
Top-level political support essential “Greater transparency will enable the public to hold politicians and public bodies to account” “Public information does not belong to Government, it belongs to the public. ” 30
Strong civil society “demand-side” essential 31
Passionate team important too! 32
Deliver incrementally 33
Ensure clear, common, licensing 34
Don’t accept “no” — work out “how” l l l l It’s held separately by n different organisations, and we can’t join it up It will make people angry and scared without helping them It is technically impossible We do not own the data The data is just too large to be published and used Our website cannot hold files this large We know the data is wrong, and people will tell us where it is wrong We know the data is wrong, and we will waste valuable resources inputting the corrections people send us People will draw superficial conclusions from the data without understanding the wider picture People will construct league tables from it It will generate more Freedom of Information requests It will cost too much to put it into a standard format It will distort the market Our IT suppliers will charge us a fortune to do an ad hoc extract 35
Manage expectations, prepare for mistakes “We’re making a small start next week. But eventually, it’s going to make a big difference. ” “The information we’re publishing next week won’t be perfect, it won’t always be in the most convenient format, and I’m sure there’ll be some mistakes. But I want to get on with it. ” UK Prime Minister 29 May 2010 36
Continuously engage with developers Photos: @memespring, @Mad. Lab. UK, @paul_clarke 37
. . and highlight applications, not data 38
Government is a data user too 39
… and the biggest lesson of all Overcome obstacles practically by doing, not debating 40
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