Making Open Data Workfor government bodies

Ton ZijlstraCommunity Steward

ePSIplatformton@tonzijlstra.eu

Community steward ePSIplatform.eu

Untapped abundance

SharePSI workshop: barriersSee http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsiplatform/5737203950/

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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 (but in unfindable PDFs); If people download it and use it later it will be outdated; I canʼt take responsibility for all the reuse; People will get angry; Our data is in contradiction to the data of the department that is in charge of the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

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“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

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“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

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Budget cuts, the classic way

1.stop doing it2.make another pay3.relabel it

none of this reduces costs (while maintaining value)!

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Work differently?(lower budgets, more efficient, more effective)

Use different instruments!(open data)

Networked life, networked work, networked learningMaking #opendata a government

instrument

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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)

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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

ePSIplatformton@tonzijlstra.eu

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