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Using open-source data effectively Labor Market and Performance Analysis Economic Symposium October 30, 2014 Olympia, WA Byron Mukai, Operations Management Analyst Ryan Leisinger, Assistant Deputy Director

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Employment and Economic

Information Site

Byron Mukai, Operations Management Analyst

https://fortress.wa.gov/esd/employmentdata/

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Main Page

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Reports, data & tools

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Median and Average Hourly Wages Washington Employment Estimates Monthly Employment Report Unemployment Benefits Report Current Employment Statistics Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Forecast Business Employment Dynamics Labor Market and Economic Report

Economic reports and data

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Employment Projections Industry Trends Agriculture Employment and Wage Report Fruit Growers Wage Survey Agricultural Workforce Report Find Employers Firm Size

Industry reports, data and tools

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Occupational reports, data and tools

Employer Demand Report Learn about an Occupation Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Job Vacancy and Hiring Survey Report Employee Benefits Survey Report

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Learn about an occupation

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Occupation Detail

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Local Unemployment Statistics Labor Market Supply/Demand Reports Numbers and trends Labor Area Summaries WorkSource Performance Dashboard Reports Local Employment Dynamics EB-5 Investor Targeted Employment Areas Distressed Areas List County Profiles

Regional reports, data and tools

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Labor market supply/demand report

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Top ten pages for current month

Rank Page title Page views 1 Learn about an occupation 118,751 2 Occupation detail 21,697 3 Find employers 12,804 4 Get jobs 8,849 5 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates 4,409 6 Employment resources 3,504 7 Labor area summaries 2,202 8 Monthly Employment Report 2,003 9 Map of County Unemployment Rates 1,685 10 County Profiles 1,366

Total 177,270

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Open data

Ryan Leisinger, Assistant Deputy Director

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Federal Level US – data.gov UK – data.gov.uk NZ - data.govt.nz

Washington State • data.wa.gov • House Bill 2202 - Concerning the establishment of an open data policy to facilitate sharing and publication of government data. • OCIO Will Saunders - https://ocio.wa.gov/initiatives/open-data

City Seattle Raleigh Denver Chicago Houston NY LA Philadelphia

State of open data

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Characteristics of Open Data

The 8 principles of open government data Complete Primary Timely Accessible Machine processable Non-discriminatory Non-proprietary License-free

Additional Online and free Permanent Trusted A presumption

of openness Documented Safe to open Designed with

public input

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Cost, ROI and Value

Simple does not work $Tax Revenue > $Open Data Cost + $Data Sales Reduce cost with scale. Each release creates more value. ∑($Tax revenue + $Reduced tax avoidance $Social services cost avoidance + $FOI avoidance + $Improved productivity + $Reduced corruption + $Reduced protests) ↑ Increasing returns > ($Open data cost + $Data sales + $Increased protests) ↓ Reducing costs

October 2013 - McKinsey Global Institute estimate 3 to 5 billion dollars globally

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