THE UNITED STATES OF OPEN DATA

WE DON’T REALLY HAVE A PLAN, BUT DO WE NEED ONE?

THIS SESSION COVERS• What is Open Data and how does it relates to Open Source?• What is the bottom line for governments versus private

sector? Risk Avoidance vs. Financial Reward is the bottom line.

• Why the United States as a national government should not and does not have a plan for Open Data? What about local government?

• If the government can’t do it then how do we as a people get access to Open Data as a public asset?

• New models of public/private collaboration bring about data standards and inherently more useful data.

• What does Open Data look like in the next 12 months?

I TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT OPEN DATA

OPEN DATA AND OPEN SOURCE

FEDERAL VERSUS LOCAL GOVERNMENT

“THE GOVERNMENT?”

THE REAL GOVERNMENT

FEDERAL OPEN DATA IMPACT

HOW THE PUBLIC VIEWS FEDERAL OPEN DATA

HOW DOES THIS AFFECT OPEN DATA?

DATA AS A PUBLIC ASSETOpen Government and Open Data have become dangerously conflated.Data needs to be re-used if it is to have any value.Data needs standards to ease re-use.Where do standards come from?

LIVES AS A STANDARD- WAKE CO.

WHAT COULD THIS LOOK LIKE?

THE VALUE MODEL OF OPEN DATA

THANK YOUJason M. Hare@jasonmhare