The document, presented by Jury Konga from the eGovFutures Group, discusses open data principles and their importance in government transparency, citizen engagement, and collaboration. It outlines success stories from various countries and emphasizes the need for accessible, machine-readable data to facilitate innovation and improve public services. The conclusion highlights the urgency for governments to embrace open data practices to enhance accountability and community involvement.

1. Presented by
Jury Konga, Principal
eGovFutures Group
November 26, 2010.
Open Data
- the New Reality
(actually … not that new)

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Overview
• Current State
• Open Gov/Gov 2.0 – putting it in context
• Open Data principles and Open Data Catalogues
• Collaboration – sharing knowledge and resources
• Canada’s G4 Open Data Framework Project
• From Local to Global
• Open Data - the New Reality
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Definitions
– Providing some Context
• Gov 2.0 - it’s about transparency,
collaboration, citizen engagement, innovation,
government efficiency & eDemocracy
• Open Data – it’s about public data being easily
discoverable, readily accessible and freely
available without restrictions (to a degree)
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 Obama’s Transparency and Open Government principles stated
• Government should be transparent
• Government should be participatory
• Government should be collaborative
Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transparency_and_Open_Government/
 Foundation goals from the Open Gov Directive … stated
• Publish Government Information Online
• Improve the Quality of Government Information
• Create and Institutionalize a Culture of Open Government
• Create an Enabling Policy Framework for Open Government
Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/open/documents/open-government-directive
Gov 2.0
- Principles of Open Gov
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Gov 2.0
- Principles of Open Gov
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Aggregated view from the prior stated sources

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Open Data Principles
- Global and Local
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 Original Eight Principles, Sebastopol, California,
Dec. 2007 “open government data is essential to
democracy.”
 Three Laws of Open Government Data
David Eaves, eaves.ca September 2009
• If it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist
• If it isn’t available in open and machine readable
format, it can’t engage
• If a legal framework doesn’t allow it to be
repurposed, it doesn’t empower

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Open Data Principles
- Global and Local
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 “Ten Principles for Opening Up Government
Information”, Sunlight Foundation. Aug. 2010
• Completeness
• Primacy
• Timeliness
• Ease of Physical and
Electronic Access
• Machine readability
• Non-discrimination
• Use of Commonly
Owned Standards
• Licensing
• Permanence
• Usage Costs

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Open Data Principles
- In Ontario
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 “Access by Design” Principles, Information and
Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, May 2010
 Objectives – “ensuring access, openness and transparency in order to
foster a culture of accountability and improved service to the public”
• Proactive, not Reactive
• Access Embedded into Design
• Openness and Transparency = Accountability
• Fosters Collaboration
• Enhances Efficient Government
• Makes Access Truly Accessible
• Increases Quality of Information

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Open Data
- Current State

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Open Data Success Stories
- Global View
 Global example – World Bank Data Catalog & Apps for
Development contest (May 2010)
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Open Data Success Stories
- At the National Level
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• United States –
data.gov
• United Kingdom –
data.gov.uk
• Australia –
data.australia.gov.au
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Open Data Success Stories
- At the National Level
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• Canada – no federal
site and no Open
Data policy
• Success is in the GIS
arena with Natural
Resources Canada,
GeoConnections
• Discovery Portal
• Geobase
• Geogratis
• Atlas of Canada
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Open Data Success Stories
- At the Provincial
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• Land Info Ontario
• GeoNova Portal
• GeoBC
Apps 4 Climate
Action
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Open Data Success Stories
- Large Urban Municipal Space
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• Vancouver (May
2009), Toronto (Nov.
2009), Edmonton
(Jan. 2010), Ottawa
(May 2010)
• Open data sets,
some Apps contests,
Open Data
community &
hackathons
• Recent addition is
Calgary, AB
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Open Data Success Stories
- Small to Medium Municipal Space
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• Open Data – not just
for large
municipalities
• Examples include
Nanaimo, B.C.;
North Vancouver,
B.C.; Surrey, B.C.;
London, ON;
Mississauga, ON;
Windsor, ON (and
more on the way)
• Most municipalities
provide some degree
of “open data” – the
need is to make it
more extensive

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Open Data Success Stories
- Municipal Government: United States
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• Washington DC
• San Francisco
• New York City
• Seattle
• Portland
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Open Data Success Stories
- Use & Re-Use of the Data
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• Value is not in
the raw data
alone
• Apps for use of
the data is key
to open data
success
• Value to the
Citizen is the
bottom line
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Great video on value of open data
- http://www.streetfilms.org/a-case-for-open-data-in-transit/
Open Data - the New Reality

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Open Data
- Collaboration by Design
 Kudos to the
Group of 4 (G4)
for taking a
leadership role
in Canada
 Contributing to
best practices
for the open
data community
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Open Data Collaboration
- G4 Open Data Framework
 Open Data Framework Project with focus on
• Open Data Standards/formats
• Terms of Use agreement
• Open Data Portal usability and functionality
 Operationalizing Open Data needs …
• Governance and Stakeholder Engagement
• Policy and Standards
• Technology and Open Data Portal
• People, Processes and DATA !!!
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Open Data Collaboration
- Local to Global
 Local Open Data
Community sites and
events “owned and
operated” by citizens
 USING Open Data - Local
to Global collaborations –
all at once!
 Participating in RHoK Dec
4 – 5. Combined with Intl
Open Data Hackathon: 63
cities, 25 countries, 5
continents
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Source: URISA Ontario Newsletter
Winter 1994, Jury Konga
Data Sharing Concept
- Circa 1994
Concept for tomorrow
Academia, Non-
Profits,
Community
Groups
OpenStreetMap
Community
Updates
External
Data Linkages
(e.g. World Bank)
OpenData.CA
Provincial
Municipal
Federal
Public Service
Open Data Collaboration
- Building a Community

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 Location, Location, Location
 New and Existing Location based data
 Mashups in Mapping and Applications to Answer
….. Where is and What’s Nearby
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Open Data Initiatives
- Example Applications for Citizens
Yelp
Map the Path
Geodelic

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 FixMyStreet started in UK;
recently began in Canada
in Ottawa area
- benefits from open data
 Community controlled;
data passed on to
appropriate jurisdiction
 Collaboration continuing
on Open 311 with San
Francisco leading with
support from private
sector – SeeClickFix
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Open Data Initiatives
- Example Applications for Citizens

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eGovFutures Group Open Data Opportunities
Open Data Initiatives
- Opportunities for the GeoCommunity
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 GIS community has known about the value of geospatial data since the
1960’s - it’s now front and centre in the Open Data movement
 Leadership Opportunity – sharing your geo knowledge to allow others to
understand the potential of all things geo can add value to citizen
designed services and public sector service delivery
 Innovation Opportunity – define effective processes, standards, policies
to support sustainable open data programs in government and new
areas of geospatial data analyses and applications
 Collaboration and Partnership Opportunity – “All of us is smarter than
one of us”

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Open Data
- the New Reality
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 It’s here, it’s gaining momentum
 It’s also early in the new open
data era
 Open Data leverages a valuable
and strategic corporate asset to
facilitate innovation, expanded
and enhanced citizen services
 Get informed and PLAN for what
you know is coming …
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 Embrace Gov 2.0 – it’s becoming the new way of doing business;
technology is not the issue, organizational culture is our challenge
 Accelerate Open Data – all levels of government need to increase
knowledge and pick up the pace of moving forward to benefit all
 Collaborate Now - limited resources and increasing internal and external
demands for efficient and effective government dictate it
 Engage and Empower Citizens - the opportunity exists to make quantum
leaps in public service delivery & community building throughout Canada
 “RAW DATA NOW!” , Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Concluding Thoughts …

27. Jury Konga, Principal
eGovFutures Group
jkonga@sympatico.ca
Twitter @jkonga
Skype jury.konga
Other presentations:
www.slideshare.net/jkonga
Thank You