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Open data: “I'll show you mine if you show
me yours”Matthew Landauer
Founder / Developer OpenAustralia@matthewlandauer
www.openaustralia.org
The reason why open government data isnʼt
just nice...
...itʼs necessary...
...for the benefit of government
Front-of-house person
“Whole of government” services
See things from the perspective of the user rather
than the provider of the service
Don't make the user have to understand the intricacies of
the functioning of government
Bold statement
It won't work!
Finding out how to get fromA to B
Starting a not-for-profit / charity
What do they have in common?
How would you make a "whole of government" service with 3 levels of
government?
federal
state
local
Over-arching structurefederal state local
1 point of contactfederal
state
local
What now?
Make all levels the central point of contact
for all the others
federal state local
I can go to any level of government and get help rather than be redirected
federal state local
data datadata
Opening up your processes and data is
scary
tickets.openaustralia.org
Local gov says to State gov "If I open this, can you open
that?"
What about all that duplicated effort?
Open-source software
The benefits of open data and open
processes
Government agencies
Further benefits
Innovation
Reduce costs
Allowing you to focus on all the stuff that private
enterprise and non-profits canʼt or wonʼt or shouldnʼt do
A better and happier world