City of Kitchener Policy Approach to Open

Data

May 1st, 2015

5 Year Review for Corporate Accountability and Transparency Policy

Open Government Project

Council Strategy Session

Stakeholder ConsultationsPublic

What Did We Hear?

• Open processes and decisions• Accessibility to information• Open by default • Accountability

Accountability and Transparency Policy Update:

• Open Government definitions • Plain language• Components and commitments • Incorporated consultation

feedback• Ongoing review and updating

Vision: To provide a City government that is transparent and accountable to its citizens,

with opportunities for meaningful, accessible public participation, made possible through innovation, technology and collaboration.

A&T Policy - Open Data Commitments

– “Open by Default”– priority for open data influenced by

community engagement– strive to make available data machine

readable– release public information that helps

reveal and inform decision-making– timely updates to data based on the

nature of the data– open data is a collaborative community

undertaking – must monitor and adapt

What Have We Achieved?• Consulted on priorities and

collaboration opportunities• Developed open data approval

processes • Developed open data web portal

and catalogue • Launched in May 2014 with 32 data

sets - currently have 63 data sets• Promotion of our open data

Open Data Events

What Is On Our Roadmap?• Ongoing efforts to identify and

release more data sets• “Open by Default”• Implement an open data API• Looking to strengthen collaboration

with neighbouring municipalities including possible consolidated data sets

Thank You!

Dan MurrayDirector of Technology Innovation and ServicesInformation Technology - Finance and Corporate Servicesdan.murray@kitchener.ca

City of Kitchener Accountability and Transparency Policyhttp://www.kitchener.ca/en/insidecityhall/AccountabilityandTransparencyPolicy.asp

City of Kitchener Open Data Portalhttp://www.kitchener.ca/opendata/