The United Kingdom has a long history of increasing transparency and open government. It is now considered a global leader in open data, with data.gov.uk providing access to thousands of datasets. This success is due to legislation mandating transparency, efforts to proactively release data in open formats, and engagement with users to understand how data can be used and improved. However, challenges remain regarding ensuring high quality, reusable data and continuing cultural changes within government to prioritize transparency.
Discussion of the main elements of the draft Data Protection Regulation: what difference will it make to industry practice and user rights to control their data?
Canada’s Information Commissioners have adopted a resolution toward Open Government and part of the open government process is open access to public administrative, census, map and research data. A number of Canadian Cities, innovative government programs such as GeoConnections, forward thinking research funding such as International Polar Year have become OpenData cities, implemented data sharing infrastructures and fund data sharing science. Access to data are one part of the open government conversation, and it is argued that opendata bring us closer to more informed democratic deliberations on public policy.
Ciekawy dokument prezentujący wyniki kontroli NAO (National Audit Office) w Wielkiej Brytanii, która zajęła się tematyką wdrożeń SSC w sektorze publicznym.
Co ciekawe, pomimo tego, iż wdrożenia SSC nie dowiozły zakładanych efektów, to nie model sam jest tego przyczyną, a m.in. zbyt rozbuchane wydatki na zbyt mocno rozbudowane systemy IT. Poważne wnioski.
This talk reviews the foundations of Open Data and provides insight into the implementation and economic benefits by reviewing existing initiatives and lessons learned, as well as emerging models.
Discussion of the main elements of the draft Data Protection Regulation: what difference will it make to industry practice and user rights to control their data?
Canada’s Information Commissioners have adopted a resolution toward Open Government and part of the open government process is open access to public administrative, census, map and research data. A number of Canadian Cities, innovative government programs such as GeoConnections, forward thinking research funding such as International Polar Year have become OpenData cities, implemented data sharing infrastructures and fund data sharing science. Access to data are one part of the open government conversation, and it is argued that opendata bring us closer to more informed democratic deliberations on public policy.
Ciekawy dokument prezentujący wyniki kontroli NAO (National Audit Office) w Wielkiej Brytanii, która zajęła się tematyką wdrożeń SSC w sektorze publicznym.
Co ciekawe, pomimo tego, iż wdrożenia SSC nie dowiozły zakładanych efektów, to nie model sam jest tego przyczyną, a m.in. zbyt rozbuchane wydatki na zbyt mocno rozbudowane systemy IT. Poważne wnioski.
This talk reviews the foundations of Open Data and provides insight into the implementation and economic benefits by reviewing existing initiatives and lessons learned, as well as emerging models.
Municipal Open Gov Framework - Work in ProgressJury Konga
Introduces concept of OpenData.CA in the cloud and emphasized the need to Collaborate Now!. Presentation provides a current state of Gov 2.0 and describes considerations related to the components of a framework: Collaboration, Open Data, Organizational culture, policies and standards and technology.
HYBRID DATA AND THE PROMISE OF A MODERN DIGITAL GOVERNMENTLeanna Myers
The digital revolution, ubiquity of the internet, and rise of big data have given government an unprecedented capability to produce, collect, utilize, and disseminate a vast array of information and data. These trends have ushered in a new era of data-powered government innovation
and citizen services based on the undeniable value in making government data widely available – to citizens, activists, companies, academics, and entrepreneurs.
This is often referred to as the “open government” era.
Transparency and Open Public Data on Greek Local Authorities. Why we are goin...FOTIOS ZYGOULIS
Transparency and Open Public Data on Greek Local Authorities. Why we are going to fail in the implementation of European Funds processes and reengineering.
IT law : the middle kingdom between east and WestLilian Edwards
Privacy as a value is often as conflicting with and less important than other major societal goals such as nation state secureity and business profits. China as a socialist state emerging a a major digital economuic force may fall prey to both these assumptions. However the recent history in the West shows that over zealous national secueity infringing citizen privacy, as revealed in the recent Snowden PRISM/TEMPORA etc scandals, may backlash against business profits as well as reducing citizen trust in security.China can learn from these lessons as it expands its own privacy law especially in the IT/telecoms area.
A presentation given in the Finnish institute in London in "Digital Approaches to widening civic participation - cases Open Knwoledge and Digital Humanities"
April 4, 2019, 17:30-19:30
IOG's Policy Crunch
Disruptive Innovation and Public Policy in the Digital Age event series
The Global Race in Digital Governance
https://iog.ca/events/the-global-race-in-digital-governance/
Day 2: Openness: building commitment to openness, Mr. Robert Reeves, Deputy C...wepc2016
It is perhaps too early to say that openness is ‘business as usual’ for parliaments, but it is certainly clear that making information accessible to people outside parliament is increasingly happening in digital, and specifically machine-readable, ways. The session will explore new and emerging forms of commitment to openness in legislation and parliamentary rules and practices.
he Contract for the Web was created by representatives from over 80 organizations, representing governments, companies and civil society, and sets out commitments to guide digital policy agendas. To achieve the Contract’s goals, governments, companies, civil society and individuals must commit to sustained policy development, advocacy, and implementation of the Contract text.
An overview of current Open Data activities and approaches and our own approach to manage and develop Open Data projects using Linked Data as the technical piece for the best results in the long run. Prepared for ICT 2010, http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/ict2010/item-display.cfm?id=2790
Municipal Open Gov Framework - Work in ProgressJury Konga
Introduces concept of OpenData.CA in the cloud and emphasized the need to Collaborate Now!. Presentation provides a current state of Gov 2.0 and describes considerations related to the components of a framework: Collaboration, Open Data, Organizational culture, policies and standards and technology.
HYBRID DATA AND THE PROMISE OF A MODERN DIGITAL GOVERNMENTLeanna Myers
The digital revolution, ubiquity of the internet, and rise of big data have given government an unprecedented capability to produce, collect, utilize, and disseminate a vast array of information and data. These trends have ushered in a new era of data-powered government innovation
and citizen services based on the undeniable value in making government data widely available – to citizens, activists, companies, academics, and entrepreneurs.
This is often referred to as the “open government” era.
Transparency and Open Public Data on Greek Local Authorities. Why we are goin...FOTIOS ZYGOULIS
Transparency and Open Public Data on Greek Local Authorities. Why we are going to fail in the implementation of European Funds processes and reengineering.
IT law : the middle kingdom between east and WestLilian Edwards
Privacy as a value is often as conflicting with and less important than other major societal goals such as nation state secureity and business profits. China as a socialist state emerging a a major digital economuic force may fall prey to both these assumptions. However the recent history in the West shows that over zealous national secueity infringing citizen privacy, as revealed in the recent Snowden PRISM/TEMPORA etc scandals, may backlash against business profits as well as reducing citizen trust in security.China can learn from these lessons as it expands its own privacy law especially in the IT/telecoms area.
A presentation given in the Finnish institute in London in "Digital Approaches to widening civic participation - cases Open Knwoledge and Digital Humanities"
April 4, 2019, 17:30-19:30
IOG's Policy Crunch
Disruptive Innovation and Public Policy in the Digital Age event series
The Global Race in Digital Governance
https://iog.ca/events/the-global-race-in-digital-governance/
Day 2: Openness: building commitment to openness, Mr. Robert Reeves, Deputy C...wepc2016
It is perhaps too early to say that openness is ‘business as usual’ for parliaments, but it is certainly clear that making information accessible to people outside parliament is increasingly happening in digital, and specifically machine-readable, ways. The session will explore new and emerging forms of commitment to openness in legislation and parliamentary rules and practices.
he Contract for the Web was created by representatives from over 80 organizations, representing governments, companies and civil society, and sets out commitments to guide digital policy agendas. To achieve the Contract’s goals, governments, companies, civil society and individuals must commit to sustained policy development, advocacy, and implementation of the Contract text.
An overview of current Open Data activities and approaches and our own approach to manage and develop Open Data projects using Linked Data as the technical piece for the best results in the long run. Prepared for ICT 2010, http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/ict2010/item-display.cfm?id=2790
The Japanese Governmental Structure
What type of Government does Japan have???
The Japanese government, a constitutional monarchy, is based on a parliamentary cabinet system.
Executive power is vested in the cabinet, which consists of the prime minister and not more than 17 ministers of state that collectively are responsible to the Diet.
Separation of Powers
The Constitution of Japan, which came into effect in 1947, is based on the principles of popular sovereignty, respect for fundamental human rights, and the advocacy of peace. Japan’s political system is one of constitutional democracy. In accordance with the principle of “separation of powers,” the activities of the national government are formally divided into legislative, judicial, and executive organs.
Separation of Powers
The emperor is “the symbol of the State and unity of the people.” The emperor appoints the prime minister and chief judge of the Supreme Court as designated by the Diet, and performs “only such acts in matters of state” as provided for in the constitution along with the advice and approval of the cabinet, such as promulgation of amendments of the constitution, laws, cabinet orders and treaties, convocation of the Diet, dissolution of the House of Representatives, and so forth.
Separation of Powers
The Constitution of Japan proclaims a system of representative democracy in which the Diet is “the highest organ of state power.”
Separation of Powers
It is formally specified that the Diet, as the core of Japan’s system of governance, takes precedence over the government’s executive branch. The designation of the prime minister, who heads the executive branch, is done by resolution of the Diet. Japan practices a system of parliamentary cabinet by which the prime minister appoints the majority of the cabinet members from among members of the Diet. The cabinet thus works in solidarity with the Diet and is responsible to it. In this respect, the system is similar to that of Great Britain, but different from that of the United States, where the three branches of government are theoretically on a level of perfect equality.
Separation of Powers
The National Diet, composed of two houses - the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors, is the highest organ of state power and the sole law-making organ of the State.
The House of Representatives may introduce “no-confidence motions” with respect to the cabinet. The cabinet, on the other hand, is able to dissolve the House of Representatives.
Separation of Powers
The National Diet also has the authority to designate the chief judge and appoint the other judges of the Supreme Court. It is the Supreme Court that determines the
Open Data and Transparency may be the most powerful levers of 21st century public policy. They present multiple opportunities offering benefit to the public sector, individuals, businesses and the UK as a whole. Open Data enables accountability; it improves outcomes and productivity in key services through informed comparison; it transforms social relationships – empowering individuals and communities; and it drives dynamic economic growth.
One story indicates how open data and transparency can help to transform a service: Five years ago, Sir Bruce Keogh, then a cardiac surgeon in Birmingham, convinced his fellow cardiac surgeons to publish their individual patient mortality rates. Five years later, death rates have fallen. Sir Keogh’s work demonstrates how transparency compliments the work of our public service professionals, improves public service quality and performance, and saves lives.
But making data open is not enough, we will also establish mechanisms to promote and collate feedback from those actually using the data. And we will use this feedback to improve our services and ensure they respond to real needs.
The UK Government new Transparency Strategy: “Making Open Data Real” was published on 4th August and is open for public consultation until 27 October 2011 at www.data.gov.uk/openda.... This, together with the UK’s existing strong record on Transparency and Open Data, means that our focus will fall on the Open Government Partnership grand challenges of:
* Improving Public Services; and
* More Effectively Managing Public Resources.
We will consult publicly on this country action plan primarily via existing fora, including the Public Sector Transparency Board; the Local Public Data Panel and the Transparency Sector Boards that are currently being established. These bodies already advise the Government on wider transparency and Open Data issues. In addition, we will also convene and consult with a wider group of stakeholders to consider the country plan specifically.
http://www.opengovpartnership.org/countries/united-kingdom
http://www.data.gov.uk/opendataconsultation
Nigel Shadbolt- The challenges and transformational benefits of opening up data in a new world of transparency and future government policy.
Beyond 2010 Conference Keynote Address.
Local Open Data: A perspective from local government in England by Gesche SchmidOpening-up.eu
Local Open Data: A perspective from local government in England
to help government and companies to
develop innovative services through the
use of open data and to encourage smart
use of Social Media
Digital Transformation in the Connected Cities EraKarim Rizkallah
Government agencies are looking to implement digital strategies, develop their talent pool with digital skills and promote services that address citizens' requirements.
Open Government has little meaning if not related to the citizens and businesses it serves. An Open Gov 101 is provided together with a current state summary of Open Gov. The core elements of Open Gov are discussed in terms of Citizen Engagement, Open Data, Collaboration and Innovation.
An overview about egovernment effords in Guatemala. In this file you will find a valuable information about how is the e-government in Guatemala till 2015.
Fighting Phantom Firms in the UK: From Opening Up Datasets to Reshaping Data ...Jonathan Gray
"Fighting Phantom Firms in the UK: From Opening Up Datasets to Reshaping Data Infrastructures?". Working paper presented at the Open Data Research Symposium at the 3rd International Open Government Data Conference in Ottawa, on May 27th 2015. The paper draws on research undertaken as part of the EU H2020 funded ROUTE-TO-PA project.
Collapsing Narratives: Exploring Non-Linearity • a micro report by Rosie WellsRosie Wells
Insight: In a landscape where traditional narrative structures are giving way to fragmented and non-linear forms of storytelling, there lies immense potential for creativity and exploration.
'Collapsing Narratives: Exploring Non-Linearity' is a micro report from Rosie Wells.
Rosie Wells is an Arts & Cultural Strategist uniquely positioned at the intersection of grassroots and mainstream storytelling.
Their work is focused on developing meaningful and lasting connections that can drive social change.
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This presentation, created by Syed Faiz ul Hassan, explores the profound influence of media on public perception and behavior. It delves into the evolution of media from oral traditions to modern digital and social media platforms. Key topics include the role of media in information propagation, socialization, crisis awareness, globalization, and education. The presentation also examines media influence through agenda setting, propaganda, and manipulative techniques used by advertisers and marketers. Furthermore, it highlights the impact of surveillance enabled by media technologies on personal behavior and preferences. Through this comprehensive overview, the presentation aims to shed light on how media shapes collective consciousness and public opinion.
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Open Government in Great Britain
1. Open Government in Great Britain
Eleanor Stewart
Head of Transparency
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
@digenghmg
20 May 2015
2. Today the UK is a transparency
success story:
• Data.gov.uk
– Used data to drive efficiencies in public services
– Used data to improve accountability
• Legislated on release of data
• Mandated Digital by default & open
document formats
• Ranked no 1 in world
• Working with OGP partners in 17 countries
• Engage with data users
• Created the ODI to build and support start-
ups/data users.
3. Magna Carta 1215
• Citizens not Subjects
• Everyone subject to
the law including the
King
• Right to a fair trial
• Check on the crowns
ability to levy taxes
• 25 Barons elected
4. Bill of Rights 1689
• laws should not be dispensed with or suspended
without the consent of Parliament;
• no taxes should be levied without the authority of
Parliament;
• the right to petition the monarch should be without
fear of retribution;
• no standing army may be maintained during
peacetime without the consent of Parliament;
• Protestant subjects may have arms for their defence
as suitable to their class and as allowed by law;
• the election of members of Parliament should be free;
• the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in
Parliament should not to be impeached or questioned
in any court or place out of Parliament;
• excessive bail should not be required, nor excessive
fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment
inflicted;
• jurors should be duly impannelled and returned and
jurors in high treason trials should be freeholders;
• promises of fines or forfeitures before conviction are
void;
• Parliaments should be held frequently.
5. Hansard 1812
The edited records of all parliamentary
debates, votes, written ministerial
statements and answers from the Houses
of Commons and Lords since 1812.
6. Followed by:
1832 Reform Act
– Redrew constituencies
– Expanded right to vote
(doubled the
electorate)
1928 Representation of the
People Equal Franchise Act
7. But more recently…
• 1994 code of practice on access to
government information
• 1997 white paper “Your Right to Know”
• 2000 Freedom of Information Act
12. The start of work on data.gov.uk
Objectives
• increase transparency
• improve public services
• release new economic and
social value and growth
• make UK a global hub of skills
in the future of the Web
“So that Government information is accessible and useful for
the widest possible group of people, I have asked Sir Tim
Berners-Lee who led the creation of the World Wide Web, to
help us drive the opening up of access to Government data in
the web over the coming months".
Gordon Brown, 10 June 2009
20. By May 2010
• Austerity predominant political theme
• Politicians keen to force greater accountability
on public sector (culturally and financially)
• Social media/new technology becoming
mainstream
• Beginning of smartphone revolution
• Had a data portal and had released c100
datasets; some csv’s some pdf’s
• Data hadn’t been checked for
quality/consistency
22. Major Priority for Government
“Greater transparency
across Government is at the
heart of our shared
commitment to enable the
public to hold politicians and
public bodies to account; to
reduce the deficit and deliver
better value for money in
public spending; and to
realise significant economic
benefits by enabling
businesses and non-profit
organisations to build
innovative applications and
websites using public data.”
David Cameron
May 2010
25. Mandated PM Commitments
• Names, grades, job titles and annual pay rates for most Senior Civil Servants with salaries above
£150,000 to be published
• Names, grades, job titles and annual pay rates for most Senior Civil Servants and NDPB officials with
salaries higher than the lowest permissible in Pay Band 1 of the Senior Civil Service pay scale
• Organograms for central government departments and agencies that include all staff positions to be
published in a common format
• Names/titles of all Special Advisers, salaries where over Pay Band 1
• NDPB officials earning over £150,000
• Local government officials earning over £150,000
• Central government workforce including temps, consultants, etc.
• Historic COINS spending data to be published online
• New items of central government spending over £25,000 to be published online
• All new central government contracts to be published in full
• All new central government tender documents for contracts over £10,000 to be published on a
single website from September 2010, with this information to be made available to the public free
• New items of local government spending over £500 to be published on a council-by-council basis
• Full information on all DFID international development projects over £500 to be published online
from January 2011, including financial information and project documentation.
• Government departments and agencies should ensure that any information published includes the
underlying data in an open standardised format.
• Publish the energy use of government headquarters in real-time
• New local government contracts and tender documents for expenditure over £500 to be published
in full
• Crime data to be published at a level that allows the public to see what is happening on their
streets
• Value for money calculations of all government websites
• Complete list of all Local Authorities and their contact details.
26. Also
• Every department and Public body must
have an Open Data Strategy
• All departments have had to identify
what data they hold
• Prioritized data that was already in the
public domain in some form
• Have had to redesigning charging
models to make data open
• Built a data request mechanism
29. Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
(Pt6)
• Information must
released in a
reusable way
• Broadens definition
of “dataset”
• Consolidates
copyright and reuse
guidance
• Defines criteria for
charging for data
32. Formatting Issues
Put your data on the Web (any
format)
Make it available as structured
data (e.g. Excel, CSV, instead of
PDF)
Use open, standard formats (e.g.
XML, RDF)
Use URLs to identify things (so
people and machines can point at
your data)
Link your data to other people’s
data
33. Why 5 Linked Data?
National digital
infrastructure being
built
URIs for schools,
roads, bus stops, post
codes, admin
boundaries...
Some of the data links
across and connects
other data together
Key data link points
exist
34. This is not easy for government:
UNCLASSIFIED
A presentation on the usability or otherwise of the FCO data.
36. Handling the concerns of data owners..
“People hug their database, they don't want to
let it go. You have no idea the number of
excuses people come up with to hang onto their
data and not give it to you, even though you've
paid for it as a taxpayer.”
– Tim Berners-Lee
http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.html
37. What are we doing about it?
• National Information Infrastructure:
– Ontologies
– Priority datasets (geotags)
• Developing API’s (as well as open data)
• Re-engineering our IT systems to produce relatable
data
• Building awareness of what data is and what
“Open” means
• Mandating publication in Open Document Format
• Working towards csv for all government data
(anything better is a bonus)
50. Transport
• ~500 Applications
(mobile, web, others)
• ~5000 people involved
in “app industry”
• As a transport project
alone, evaluated by
usual economic
criteria:
ROI = 58:1
• Transport For London
have stopped making
their own apps
64. OGP National Action Plans
• Launched 2nd NAP in
October 2013 at OGP
Summit
• Civil Society Assessing
progress
• Beginning to think about
3rd NAP
65. Ongoing Challenges
• Quality & Usability of the data we’re
releasing (and technology we’re using)
• Overcoming fear of releasing
information or engaging (political &
official)
• Educating officials ; cultural change
• Creating informed citizens and active
users/marketplaces
66. The challenge of open government:
“Government ought to be all outside ad
no inside…Everybody knows that
corruption thrives in secret places, avoids
pubic places and we believe it a fair
presumption that secrecy means
impropriety”
― Woodrow Wilson 1912; The New
Freedom
67. Bernard: But surely the citizens of a democracy have a right to
know.
Sir Humphrey: No. They have a right to be ignorant. Knowledge
only means complicity in guilt; ignorance has a certain dignity.
Bernard: But if the Minister wants Open Government?
Sir Humphrey: You just don’t give people what they want if it’s
not good for them. You give Brandy to an alcoholic?