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A Public Sector Body’s Business Case for Opening Data
Andrew Stott UK Transparency Boardformerly Director, data.gov.uk
EPSIPlatform, Rotterdam16 March 2012
Framework Business Case for Opening Data
Increases accountability to our taxpayers/voters
Helps businesses innovate, so the economy grows and makes the country/city richer
Engages citizens in improving public services
Improves our own efficiency
Costs little or nothing
We’ll work better with other public agencies
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It’s a no brainer
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A Public Sector Body’s Business Case for NOT Opening Data
Andrew Stott UK Transparency Boardformerly Director, data.gov.uk
EPSIPlatform, Rotterdam16 March 2012
The less we say the more people
will trust us
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In public services, producers know what’s best
for consumers
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[Citizens should shut up and be grateful they get
anything]
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It’s not our job to help business and
civil society innovate and grow
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We have the money, skills and time to make all
the websites and mobile apps
citizens would ever need
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Indeed our website has won prizes*!
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Indeed our website has won prizes*!
*in a competition with other government websites
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We won’t share our data with other
public agencies unless they beg us
for it privately
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We won’t share our data with other
public agencies unless they beg us
for it privately
After all, we don’t need their data 13
So we have to release something?
And it benefits business?
So let’s charge for it
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A Public Sector Body’s Business Case for Charging for Data
Andrew Stott UK Transparency Boardformerly Director, data.gov.uk
EPSIPlatform, Rotterdam16 March 2012
Making money is our agency’s prime mission.
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Making money is our agency’s prime mission.
The good of the country/city and its people comes
second.
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(That’s why we joined the civil service rather than
becoming bankers)
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Intellectual Property Management is a higher priority to us than curing patients, teaching kids,
catching criminals, keeping the streets clean
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Much of the money we collect will be lost in the
costs of collecting it
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Much of the money we collect will be lost in the
costs of collecting it
But at least we’ll be providing jobs to lawyers
and accountants21
If only a few people buy our data, we might lose
money overall
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If only a few people buy our data, we might lose
money overall
But we can always sack some front line staff to
pay for the lawyers23
Eventually the Ministry of Finance will spot our “extra
income”, and subtract it from our central grant
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Eventually the Ministry of Finance will spot our “extra
income”, and subtract it from our central grant
We’ll be no better off, but we will have more lawyers
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We’re happy to charge other public agencies for
our data.
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We’re happy to charge other public agencies for
our data.
They would not dare to charge us for their data
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There’s no evidence that Open Data leads to economic growth
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the fact that all the economic studies are
against us just shows that they are all wrong
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and economists are all mad anyway
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and economists are all mad anyway
especially Rufus Pollock
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Anyway, the benefit would go to our country/city
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Anyway, the benefit would go to our country/city
Our business is not about helping them.
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Anyway, the benefit would go to our country/city
Our business is not about helping them.
Our business is about
helping ourselves34
Finally
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These business cases are fictional
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These business cases are fictional
No real public agency would ever use them
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