Three Lessons on Data Release from The London Datastore

Can Open Data Save The Public Realm?

Eh.........No.......Silly

Lesson # 1 =It’s not about data

Data is not just a technical issue of formats and freedoms

It’s this for any public sectororganisation

“What if it’s wrong”“What if we’re blamed” “Why should we - why do they want to know”“What if the Leader doesn’t like it” “What if the local papers ﬁnd out” “What if they use the data -WRONGLY” “What if we disagree” “What if people want us to make diﬀerent decisions”

The State = Rational, Technical, Strategic, Closed, Broadcast, Contextualized, Ordered

The State = Rational, Technical, Strategic, Closed, Broadcast, Contextualized, Ordered uman , Adap tive, Peop le = H ative, Gene rous, Com munic ntera ctive, Raw, Open, I Messy

Data release forces these worlds to collidein a battleground for relevance and authenticity

Ask yourself - who has more standing in the conversation? Facebook vs ANY Government?

The State + People = ? gmpolice GM Police @TamiH68 yes, always happy to receive feedback

Cathedral Bazaar Lesson # 1 = Data release is a way that you can begin to have the conversations about how we (the state) need to fundamentally change frombroadcast to engagement, from technical to adaptive, from command and control to collaboration and co-production

Lesson # 2 = the state won’t do it on its own

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Lesson # 2 = the state won’t do it on its own the open data movement oﬀers a unique opportunity to leverage innovation into the public sector it’s not them and us it’s us and us

Lesson # 3 = Are we there yet? the journey is only beginning

and developments are not linearthey are emergent and unpredictable

and not really measurable - yet

and likely to remain contestedA Public Data Corporation?

lesson 1# it’s not about data lesson 2# leverage innovationless 3# the journey is only beginning

oops....nearly forgot........what about stuﬀ ?

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Three Lessons on Data Release from The London Datastore

by Emer Coleman, Government Digital Services Cabinet Office

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