Open Data

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January 25, 2016
Open Data
Presentation for:
Chapel Hill, NC
Ian Henshaw
Managing Partner
Technology Tank LLC
ian.henshaw@technologytank.org
@TechnologyTank
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About Ian Henshaw

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Government Transparency
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Public Records Laws
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Public Meetings Laws
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Sunshine Laws

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Key US laws
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Federal
– 17 U.S.C. § 105
– Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
– Executive Order 13642
– Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA)
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State
– Public Records Law - NCGA General Statute § 132

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Technology Change
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Xerographic office photocopying was introduced
by Xerox in 1959, and it gradually replaced
copies made by Verifax, Photostat, carbon
paper, mimeograph machines, and other
duplicating machines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photocopier

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FOIA Law
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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5
U.S.C. § 552, is a federal freedom of
information law that allows for the full or partial
disclosure of previously unreleased information
and documents controlled by the United States
government. This amendment was signed into
law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, despite
his misgivings, on July 4, 1966, and went into
effect the following year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)

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Open Philosophy
Mertonian Tradition – 1942
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Open Science discouraged the proprietary
exploitation of data (as opposed to inventions
derived from data) and required as a condition
of publication the availability of the datasets on
which the work was based.

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The “Opens”
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Open Government
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Open License
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Open Standard
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Open Source
– Software and Hardware
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Open Service
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Open Data

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Open government is the governing
doctrine which holds that citizens have
the right to access the documents
and proceedings of the government to
allow for effective public oversight.
- Wikipedia
Open Government

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Open Source
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Open-source software (OSS) is computer
software with its source code made available
with a license in which the copyright holder
provides the rights to study, change, and
distribute the software to anyone and for any
purpose. Open-source software may be
developed in a collaborative public manner.
Open-source software is the most prominent
example of open-source development.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software

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Open Data Definition
Open data is data that can be freely
used, reused and redistributed by
anyone - subject only, at most, to the
requirement to attribute and share
alike.
- Open Knowledge Foundation
Interoperability
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Availability and Access
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Reuse and Redistribution
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Universal Participation

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Open Data Defined
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Non-Proprietary Format
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Machine Readable
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Easy to Access
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Easy to Use
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Reusable Without Restrictive License
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No Cost

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What is not Open Data?
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Personally Identifiable
Information (PII)
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Security Data
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Confidential Information
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Examples of Open Data
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Government Data ●
Commercial Data

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Examples of Open Data
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Crowd Sourced Data

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Justifications
Trust and
Transparency
Enabling the
Economy

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Benefits of Open Data
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Data Driven Decision Making
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Performance Measurement
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Reduction of Government Costs
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Support an Open Government Initiative
– e.g. Transparency
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Economic Development
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Increased Citizen Engagement
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Talent Attraction / Retention

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Citizen Engagement Programs

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Code for America
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Code for America believes government can
work for the people, by the people in the 21st
century.
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We build open source technology and organize
a network of people dedicated to making
government services simple, effective, and
easy to use.

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Citizen Engagement

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