My keynote talk at the "Improving Public Service Delivery through Open Data" conference. Audio at: http://puntofisso.net/19.3.mp3 http://insidegovernment.co.uk/event-details/open-data-innovation/458

1. Providing Funding to Enhance the use of
Open Data in the Public Sector
Giuseppe Sollazzo
@puntofisso
Open Data User Group
19.3.2015

2. This talk is about...
...how targeted funding
following a demand-led approach
can help deliver tangible benefits
and advance the Open Data agenda

3. The Open Data User Group

4. Open Data User Group
● Formed in 2012
● Outreach to Open Data community
● Demand-led data release prioritisation
○ Central Government / Public Sector
● Benefits Cases
● Policy Advice (COTT, PSTB)

5. Data Request Roadmap
ODUG Roadmap, http://data.gov.uk/odug-roadmap

6. Who are we?
Open Mercia
current members
past members

7. ODUG Deliverables
● We work a lot behind the scenes
○ Made the case for releasing key datasets
■ HMLR Price Paid
■ EA Flood Data
■ Ordnance Survey “move to OGL”
● Open Data Case Studies
● National Information Infrastructure (NII)

8. The Release of Data Fund

9. Open Data Funding
Autumn Statement 2011 “direct” funding
○ £7M for Release of Data Fund
■ support demand-led release, build capacity
■ run by ODUG/PSTB and Cabinet Office
○ £2.5M per annum for Breakthrough Fund
■ remove short-term barriers in central/local gov
■ run by BIS
○ And more…
■ £10M: ODI
■ £750K/year: Innovation Vouchers, £1.2M ODCS

10. The Release of Data Fund
Three funding rounds
● £4M spent
● ~30 projects funded

11. LGA Vouchers

12. LGA Vouchers
● £730K to develop & test process for
publication of data in Local Authorities in a
consistent form
● Consultation Process
● Three themes
○ public conveniences (toilets)
○ planning applications
○ licences for alcohol and entertainment venues

13. LGA Vouchers
Outcomes
● 96 LAs
● 241 promised datasets
○ 86 toilets, 76 premises/licences, 79 planning
● 100 completed by 19.1.2015
○ 52 toilets, 20 premises/licences, 28 planning
● “Burden of conforming to OS”

14. Open Addresses

15. Open Addresses
● £383K to build an open address database
● Background
○ ODUG benefits case: lack of national address data
○ PAF gets privatised with Royal Mail
■ but… is PAF the best we can get?

16. Open Addresses
Outcomes
● (Currently in Alpha)
● Benefits to society, service providers, users
○ 130K new homes/year need to be added to PAF
○ Simplified end-user interface, accuracy
○ Denmark saw economic value, what about UK?

17. Trafford Innovation Lab

18. Trafford Innovation Lab
● £50K to build an Intelligence Unit in a LA
○ Based at Trafford Council
○ Staff include public health, housing, GIS, police
○ What data is needed by orgs to work together?

19. Trafford Innovation Lab
Outcomes
● Greater Manchester Data Sync Programme
● Bid for £20K: reduce isolation in the elderly
○ Built using data from the lab
● Prioritise location of defibrillators

20. Adult Social Care

21. Adult Social Care
● £95.8K to audit adult social care data
● FutureGov + Local Authorities
○ Devon, Kingston, Sutton

22. Adult Social Care
Outcomes
● Data reconciliation
○ cross-reference service providers across datasets
○ linking to CQC data
● End users can compare services
● “Debunking myths around opening data”
○ Develop a culture of transparency
○ Establish data practice within councils

23. Leeds Data Mill

24. Leeds Data Mill
● £100K to build a city-wide data repository
○ datasets from multiple sources
○ public+private
● 12 organisations, 140 datasets, 82 APIs
○ Leeds City Council (115)
○ DCLG (8)
○ Yorkshire Water (4)
○ Northern Powergrid (4)

25. Leeds Data Mill
Outcomes
● A way to power Smart Cities?
● Projects/events for the community
○ Hack my route

26. New Economy Manchester

27. New Economy Manchester
● £330K to develop an open interactive
mapping tool of critical infrastructure
● Outcomes
○ An inventory of problems
■ Licensing , data ownership, out-of-date,
schemas
○ Identify incorrect data
■ “[we found datasets showing] railway lines
where residents know there not to be any”

28. ...and more

29. The Future of Open Data Releases

30. The Future
Board from a UKGovCamp 2015 session on Open Data, https://www.flickr.com/photos/puntofisso/16366457465/

31. Ongoing Challenges
● Open Data is not fully embraced
○ Geospatial and Addressing
○ Clarity of licensing
● (Open) Data by default
○ Operational Open Data
○ Evidence-based Policymaking
● Open Data needs public confidence
● Open Data needs structure

32. National Information Infrastructure
“The National Information Infrastructure (NII) - Why, What and How”, http://data.gov.uk/blog/national-information-infrastructure-nii

33. National Information Infrastructure
● Data as “Infrastructure”
○ Operational aspects of Data
○ Framework for data management
● Not just Open Data
○ Good example of what Open Data should look like
● Phased approach
○ inventory - what datasets are out there
○ openness - what licence, privacy issues
○ embed data into operational decision making

34. Thank you!
Giuseppe Sollazzo
@puntofisso
puntofisso.net
Open Data User Group
@odugUK
#uknii #rodf
data.gov.uk/data-request