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Role of open data & information in supporting open government
- ANGOA Roundtable, 12 June 2014
- Keitha Booth,- New Zealand Open Government Information and Data Programme
Economic growth
•New business & employment
•New tools, products•Taxation revenue
Better social
outcomes
•Data to improve daily decisions
• Insights from analysis
Efficiencies
•Greater use of a single authoritative source
•Evidence-based policy
Transparency and
democracy
•Public participation in policy development
•Reporting on performance
New Zealand’s open government outcomes
NZ Open Government in 2014
NZ Government Open Access & Licensing Framework (NZGOAL)
NZ Data & Information Management Principles
Declaration on Open and Transparent Government
Data.govt.nz
Clear Cabinet decisions and intent Foundations built
Covers all government agencies
Government departments directed
State services agencies encouraged • includes CRIs, Crown agents, e.g. NZTA
State sector agencies encouraged• includes universities and SOEs
Local government invited •by Local Government Minister in August 2011
Publicly-funded data that is not personal or restricted
Prioritised based on user demand
Released in open machine-readable formats
Licensed for legal re-use, using Creative Commons licences
No charge where possible, otherwise, reasonably priced
What data is covered?
Prioritise what public data users want to use
Make this work business as usual
Within baseline budgets
Review existing contracts or systems which may constrain release under CC-BY or in open formats
What agencies must do
What open data and information is top priority for you?
Data supporting consultation
documents and policy
development process?
Government performance
data?
Tools to support analysis?
Parliamentary and legislative
data?
International assessments, eg Open Data Barometer 2013,
NZ ranked 4th overall, but 7th in implementation based on these datasets
Categories used internationally
G8 Open Data Charter - datasets
UK Transparency Agenda (2010):
UK PM’s commitments UK National Audit Office
Required to release, eg: New items of spending
over UK25,000, published monthly
New contracts & tender docs for over UK10,000
Employment details for roles with salaries over UK58,200
Organograms including all staff positions in common format …
2012 review found: Public input not sought
to establish demand for data standard releases
Standard data releases not in high demand, while higher demand for service-specific releases
Spending category variability hindered comparability …
Preparing a data platform to support publishing of electorate profile information
Plan to combine their data with demographic data from Stats NZ.
Plan to publish to their website
See an opportunity to build in an open data output as well
Need specifics now of what electorate profile data is wanted and what format(s) would be most helpful.
Keen to know what else is needed, such as Hansard, OIAs etc.
Please share what you intend to do with the data, so the benefits of releasing the data are that much more tangible.
Parliamentary Services’ plans
Charities Register
MSD data
Benefits data – national level monthly
Work and Income regional data
Regional council data Auckland Boards data Territorial Authority data
Service centre data
http://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/statistics/benefit/index.html#Datatables6
Public debate and new insightshttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/secondary-education/news/article.cfm?c_id=315&objectid=11207352
http://maori.geek.nz/post/the_difference_between_rich_and_poor_schools_in_new_zealand
http://ict.govt.nz/programmes-and-initiatives/open-and-transparent-government
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#opendata
@keithabooth
Programme website & contact details
