making open data work - ministerial egov conference poznan
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EU Ministerial eGovernment conference presentation on making the internal case for open government data for a public sector body.TRANSCRIPT
Community steward ePSIplatform.eu
Untapped abundance
SharePSI workshop: barriersSee http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsiplatform/5737203950/
Networked life, networked work, networked learning
Costs too much; Whatʼs the business case; Has commercial value; Possible privacy issues; Confidential info; Itʼs not ours, and we donʼt know who owns it; Itʼs not ours and supplier wonʼt allow it; The quality isnʼt very good; We donʼt know where it is; Not our job; Itʼs in a useless format anyway; I donʼt have the authority; People will misuse the data; People will use it wrongly; Only we understand our data; Weʼll get sued; Files are just too big; Too little bandwith; It starts with this, but whereʼs the end? Itʼs there, but canʼt be opened; Data is dated/too old; Itʼs not in digital format; Is this even legal?; Our Minister says no; We never have done this before, why start now?; I donʼt see the use; Nobody will be interested; No time; No resources; Just do FOIA requests; Weʼll publish it redacted; Itʼs not complete; It contains errors; Itʼs commercially sensitive; Combining this with other data is dangerous; People will come to wrong conclusions; People will get lost and confused; It will trigger endless discussions; We canʼt confirm or deny we have that data; Weʼll get feedback, and canʼt handle that; Our IT supplier says itʼs not possible; Our IT supplier will charge too much; Our site will crash; Itʼs already online! (but in unfindable PDFs); If people download it and use it later it will be outdated; I canʼt take responsibility for all the reuse; People will get angry; Our data is in contradiction to the data of the department that is in charge of the topic; Only we truly understand.....statistics/meteo/geo/laws; Weʼll disrupt the market; It will only be used to attack us.
Excuses or reasonable questions
What is open data?
• public data• available digitally and on-line• in open standards and machine-readable• usable for all, for anything
PSI Re-useinchingtowardsOpen Data definition
Accumulating mass, creating gravity pull
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomaaas/3870361701/
Access ~ Re-useTransparency ~ (Comm) Re-useNon-commercial ~ Commercial
PSI ~ Open Data
Distinctions blurring
EC VP Neelie Kroes
http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/Kroes20100519.jpg/image_view_fullscreen
Networked life, networked work, networked learning
“I have said it before, and I say it again: yes to open data!”
“We are going to open up the public sector in Europe.”
EC VP Neelie Kroes
Networked life, networked work, networked learning
“Expensive data is not open data”
“Getting out the data under reasonable conditions should be routine”
EC VP Neelie Kroes
Impact Assessment
• MEPSIR 2006: 27 billion• 7% annual growth• bigger direct economic footprint• 40 billion social returns (without obstacles)• 1.7% GDP• 140 billion - 200 billion• max. 1.4 billion (<<1%)
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/news/news/review_of_recent_psi_re_use_studies_published
Making it work for PSB’s
Compliance Trap
Networked life, networked work, networked learning
Budget cuts, the classic way
1.stop doing it2.make another pay3.relabel it
none of this reduces costs (while maintaining value)!
Networked life, networked work, networked learning
Work differently?(lower budgets, more efficient, more effective)
Use different instruments!(open data)
Networked life, networked work, networked learningMaking #opendata a government
instrument
Networked life, networked work, networked learning
Making #opendata a social object
Budget gap for maintenance
More efficient government
More effective government
Changing government services
Changing government services
source: David Osimo http://epsiplatform.eu/content/collaborative-e-gov-services-get-better-more-people-use-them
Patient opinions (UK)
Networked life, networked work, networked learning
Finger exercises before piano playing
1) your issue 2) connected data 3) new ways
Making Open Data Work for government bodies
Thank you
Ton ZijlstraCommunity Steward
Slides and photos: Ton Zijlstra, by nc sa. Except where mentioned on the photo.Slides: http://slideshare.net/tonzijlstra
Blog: http://zylstra.org/blog