Presented by Jury Konga,
PrincipaleGovFutures Group
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Open Data- Introduction & Current State
Presented toRegional Information Systems Working GroupToronto, June 3, 2011.
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Context – Open Gov, Gov 2.0 and Open Data
Open Data Current State• Principles• Open Data – local to global• Open Data Framework• Open Data Value Proposition
Open Data and the Planning Community
Closing thoughts
Overview
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• Roots in Freedom of Information legislation (oldest identified with Sweden in 1766, U.S.A. 1966; Canada FOI as well as Privacy Act; 1983)
• More recently, Open Government focuses on citizen engagement, transparency, accountability, collaboration and innovation
• 3 Pillars of Open Government from Senator Kate Lundy, Australia:Citizen- Centric Government, Open and Transparent Government and Innovation Facilitation (June 2009)
• President Obama’s Open Government directive (Jan. 2009) synopsis: Government should be transparent, participatory and collaborative
Context- Open Government
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• “Government 2.0: Using Technology to Improve Education, Cut Red Tape, Reduce Gridlock, and Enhance Democracy”William Eggers, Deloitte. 2005
• Gov 2.0 “is the use of technology – especially the collaborative technologies at the heart of Web 2.0 – to better solve the collective problems at a city, state, national and international level”Tim O’Reilly, “Open Government – Collaboration, Transparency and Participation in Practice”. 2010
Context- Gov(ernment) 2.0
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• Open Data is a foundational component for Open Government and focuses on freely making public data available in a usable format for all to re-use and add value for the benefit of citizens.
• Open Data – it’s about public data being easily discoverable, readily accessible and freely available without restrictions (to a degree)
• Recent Open Data initiatives have focused on public sector data and very recently has also turned to private sector corporate data
• Open Data – not new, we’ve been doing it for a while … what has changed is the public’s expectations of expanded scope and ease of access to government data
Context- Open Data
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Open Government Components- Focus on Citizens
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Core Element Value to Citizens
Citizen Engagement Democracy with the opportunity to participate and influence policy
Open Data Transparency via access to public information and potential value added products and services
Collaboration Efficiencies in government , reduced duplication of effort and better results
Innovation Enhancing policy , service delivery and optimizing government resources
What needs to improve to benefit citizens …
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Business: Public Services
Structure: Corporation
Governance: Council (Board of Directors)
Servicing: Citizens and Businesses- the SHAREHOLDERS
Open Government- Perspective for Local Government
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Open Government, Open Data- Why?
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Shareholders…. needs & expectations
Images via MS Office
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Open Data Current State- Principles
10 Principles for Opening Up Government Informationhttp://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/documents/ten-open-data-principles/ Completeness Primacy Timeliness Ease of Physical and Electronic Access Machine readability Non-discrimination Use of Commonly owned standards Licensing Permanence Usage costs
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Open Data Current State- Principles
10 Principles for Opening Up Government Information
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Complements of www.wordle.net
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Open Data Current State- Where in the World?
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Open Data Current State- From Local to Global
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Federal : started shortly before election call. One year pilot. Considered 2 – 3 years behind UK & USA
Provinces: some GIS data related sites. BC has Minister of Open Gov
Municipalities: Leaders in Open Data. In Ontario: Toronto, Ottawa, London, Windsor, Mississauga. Others in planning stages.
Open Data Current State- the Canadian Open Scene
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G4: Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton & Ottawa ODF Project: August – December 2010. ODF Components
• Governance• Principles & Policy• Standards• Technology• Data, Operations & Human Resources• Open Data Portal• Future Roadmap
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Open Data Current State- Open Data Framework Project
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Open Data Value Proposition- Use & Re-Use of the Data
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• Value is not in the raw data alone
• Apps for use of the data is key to open data success
• Value to the Citizen is the bottom line
Great video on value of open data- http://www.streetfilms.org/a-case-for-open-data-in-transit/
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Hans Rosling’s Gapminder App
Raw data input from simple table
Animation to simplify understanding of temporal data
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Open Data Value Proposition- Visualization for Education
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Enhanced services
Cost reductions (e.g. FOI requests)
Economic development
Improved government transparency & trust
Increased citizen engagement
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Open Data Value Proposition- Some Commonly Defined Benefits
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Open Data Current State - Collaboration from Local to Global
Local Open Data Community sites and events “owned and operated” by citizens
USING Open Data - Local to Global collaborations – all at once!
Participated in RHoK Dec 4 – 5, 2010. Combined with Intl Open Data Hackathon: 63 cities, 25 countries, 5 continents
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Open Data Current State- Open Data Maturity Model
1 Startup
2 Data Catalog
3 Open Data Portal
4 Enterprise Open Data
5 Global Integration
Five Phases of Open Data
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OpenData.EARTH
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Academia, Non-Profits,
Community Groups
OpenStreetMapCommunity
Updates
External Data Linkages(e.g. World Bank)
OpenData.CA
Provincial
Municipal
Federal
Public Service
Source: Municipal Open Government Framework, 2010 www.slideshare.net/jkonga
Open Data NxGen- Enhanced Content & Access
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Open Data andthe Planning Community
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Planning Data + Open =
HUGE Opportunity
…. lots of activity
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Open Plans (1999) focused on Open Gov , “livable streets” & reporting urban issues
Focus on “Helping cities work better”
Numerous community focused projects developing open source tools & using open data
Open Planning Community- U.S. Example
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Neptis Foundation -Focus on urban growth management research & education
Developing an Open Data Strategy to allow better access to research data including geospatial data
Wiki Mapping project seeks to share GIS data ,foster collaboration and develop info to support GGH regional planning
Open Planning Community - Local Non-Profit Example
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DRAFT
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Open Planning Community - Local “Open Data”
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Open Planning Community - Local Neighbourhood “Open Data”
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Government
NGO
PrivateAcademia
Community Groups
Moving forward together … as a community
Need to leverage ourCommunity Intellectual Capitaland resources
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Embrace Open Government and Open Data – you’re actually already part of the way there and momentum is growing
Accelerate Open Data – all levels of government need to increase knowledge and pick up the pace of moving forward to benefit all
Plan now, develop incrementally – awareness of the new environment, readiness assessment, align with priorities & allocate resources
Collaborate Now - limited resources and increasing internal and external demands for efficient and effective government dictate it
Build and Leverage Your Community – engage the citizens, businesses and community groups … the community wants to help
Planning community has much to offer – the data used to develop an Official Plan should be optimized … making it open and accessible by all will add value to your sizable investment
… a few Concluding Thoughts
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