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Open Data Briefing for Alameda County Data Sharing Committee
The document discusses open data in Alameda County. It defines open data as making public data available to the public in accessible, machine-readable formats. The benefits of open data include innovation, more efficient government services, improved data sharing between agencies, and greater transparency. It recommends Alameda County create a central open data portal, guidelines for publishing datasets, and engage with civic hackers and developers to build apps that use open data. The county is working with outside groups to launch a site called InfoAlamedaCounty.org to publish and visualize open data.
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- 1. OpenData: What, Why& How? In Alameda County Steve Spiker (GISP) Director of Research + Technology Urban Strategies Council
- 2. overview •Opendata? •Why it matters for Alameda County •Benefits and Gains •What it looks like •Internal Benefits/Improvements •How? •Hackathons & Community Use •InfoAlameda
- 3. Urban Strategies Council… A social impact organization. Uses research, policy, collaboration, innovation and advocacy to achieve equity and social justice. www.urbanstrategies.org
- 4. Our OpenData Initiative Supporting East Bay government agencies. Support from Code for America & CivicCommons.org Requested support from Nate Miley Focused on internal gov benefits and wider community
- 5. What is Open___? •OpenGovernment •OpenSource •OpenStandards •OpenData… http://opendatahandbook.org
- 6. What is OpenData “increasepublic access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by government” •Makes all PUBLIC data available to the PUBLIC •Next step in eGov “Opendata is rocket fuel for innovation” Former US CTO Vivek Kundra
- 7. What is OpenData 10Principles: •Complete •Primacy •Timely •Ease of Physical & Electronic Access •Machine readable •Non-discriminatory •Open standards •Licensed openly •Permanent •Free
- 8. What is OpenDatanot? Never: •Confidential information •Personal information like health records •Violates local, state or federal laws
- 9. Why Alameda? •Internal datasharing process •Strong, growing tech community •https://data.sfgov.org/ •Code for Oakland
- 10. Opendata Benefits •Innovation •Improved efficiencyof government services •Improved effectiveness of government services •Impact measurement of policies •New knowledge from combined data sources
- 11. Opendata Benefits •One Stopportal for all gov data! •Reduced requests for custom data •Real engagement opportunity •Supports transparent, open government
- 12. Opendata Benefits Interoperability! Agency Ainstalls new case mgmt system- with an OpenData API (connection, feed) Agency B installs new recording system- simply pulls Agency A data through OPEN feed encourages the use of standards, OPEN standards!
- 13. Opendata Benefits Interoperability- 5years later! Agency A wants to update a second system Because prior system used an OPEN standard- no legacy tools or coding needed- just connect!
- 14. What OpenData lookslike County A County B •Open, free parcel data •No public/costly parcel data •Open, free foreclosure data •Costly foreclosure data •Open, free business permit data •No public business permit data •Open, free social service data •Closed social service data Where would you… •Consider investing in affordable housing development? •Consider locating a new business? •Consider funding community initiatives? •Expect more robust grants from?
- 15. How Opendata looks Yelp + Restaurant Health Inspections? Crimespotting + Sheriff's crime reports?
- 16. Opendata in Alameda •Oneplace to get the right supervisorial boundaries •One place to share and access foreclosure, property, tax data •Open county 211 data- one copy of all social service agencies- to drive multiple websites and apps •Massively improve access to information for new businesses, building and development projects
- 17. Framework Mobile Apps Engagement Compliance Tools Report or Website Civic Tech Solutions Analyst, Man Open ager, Progra Data Site mmer API or extraction routine InfoAlameda Dept A Dept B Database Database INTERNAL!
- 18. Implementation •Guidelines & standardsfor which datasets to publish •Technical requirements for publishing data •Guidelines for departments to follow in developing open data plans •Selecting/developing generic licenses for data •Consider rules for putting data sets into new IT contracts •Solicit comments from public before implementation
- 19. Implementation 1. Keep itsimple 2. Engage early and engage often 3. Address common fears & misunderstandings
- 20. Who Can UseOpendata Code for Oakland- hackathons! Photo Credit: Flickr user hackNY
- 21.
- 22. InfoAlamedaCounty.org •Web based mappingplatform •Data visualization •Full export of all data! •Platform for publishing research, data, maps •Built in partnership with ACPHD •Free- open to anyone •viewer.infoalamedacounty.org
- 23. engage Questions, concerns, excitement? Thankyou! steves@urbanstrategies.org @spjika @urbanstratoak @infoalameda
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- #4 Urban Strategies Council works locally and regionally to provide research, data and policy analysis, strategic planning, program development, capacity building and advocacy in service of low-income communities of color.Our organization is a member of the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, an alliance of advocates, organizations and individuals working together across the state to improve the life chances for California’s boys and young men of color.
- #5 Urban Strategies Council works locally and regionally to provide research, data and policy analysis, strategic planning, program development, capacity building and advocacy in service of low-income communities of color.Our organization is a member of the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, an alliance of advocates, organizations and individuals working together across the state to improve the life chances for California’s boys and young men of color.