Presentation held by Mr. Andrew Stott (UK Transparency Board, formerly Director, data.gov.uk & UK Deputy GCIO) within the final consultations held at Chisinau about the Open Government Partnership on March 12th 2012.

1. The Uses of Open Data
Andrew Stott
UK Transparency Board
formerly Director, data.gov.uk
& UK Deputy GCIO
@dirdigeng
Chisinau, Moldova [2a] andrew.stott@dirdigeng.com
12 March 2012

2. Why Open Data?
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3. UK Policy Drivers
June 07 Feb 09 Mar 11
New economic and social value
Labour Coalition 3

4. UK Policy Drivers
Mar 09 Jul 11
Improve public services
New economic and social value
Labour Coalition 4

5. UK Policy Drivers
Jun 09 May 10
Transparent & Accountable Government
Improve public services
New economic and social value
Labour Coalition 5

6. UK Policy Drivers
Both political “sides”
Transparent Government
Triple Objectives
Improve public services
New economic and social value
Labour Coalition 6

7. Some Examples
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8. New economic and social value
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9. Cleansing and organising data
Business Intelligence from item-level
purchasing data 9

10. Information services to the public
Weather, transport and
public facilities among
most downloaded
Smartphone Apps 10

11. Data Mining
 Prescription data
 Patient outcome
data
 Longitudinal health
records
 Pupil-level
education records
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12. Operational efficiency/optimisation
Real time info on road delays and roadworks allows
logistics efficiency 12

13. Financial Products
 Weather Risk
Management
(US: $4bn annual
contracts value)
 Flood insurance
on detailed
topography and
river records
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14. Customer attraction and retention
estate
agents/
realtors
Financial
services
builders and
other local
services
Local house prices attract potential customers 14

15. Evidence for EU PSI review
 EU27 direct gains from completely open access
to PSI could be ~ €40 Bn
 Direct market for PSI use less important than
indirect benefits, spillovers and new uses.
 Overall economic impact could be ~€140 Bn
 Future innovations due to easier access add
further economic and social benefits
 Costs and revenue foregone? ~ € 1 bn
Source: Graham Vickery, Information Economics
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16. Public Service data as a hub for civil
engagement
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17. Improving Public Services
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18. Nation-wide Crime Data
Vision: CrimeArrestConvictionSentence 18

19. Crime Data to your mobile phone
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20. Use data to compare and choose hospitals
Patient 12+ Weeks
ratings MRSA-free
Blood
clots
2 recent
MRSA
Good C-Diff
Low record
Mortality
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21. Crowd-sourcing to improve official data
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22. Government is a data user too
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23. Transparent and Accountable
Government
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24. Transparent and Accountable Government
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25. Transparent and Accountable Government
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26. Pressure to justify and restrain costs
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27. Transparency promoting sustainability
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28. Public scrutiny of contracts
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29. Data Journalism
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30. Lessons learned
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31. Top-level political support essential
“Greater transparency “Public information
will enable the public does not belong to
to hold politicians and Government, it
public bodies to belongs to the
account” public.”
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32. Strong civil society “demand-side” vital too
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33. Passionate team important too!
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34. Deliver incrementally
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35. Ensure clear, common, licensing
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36. Continuously engage with developers
Photos: @memespring, 36
@MadLabUK, @paul_clarke

37. Open Government Data Re-Use Model
Government Business/Civil Society Consumer
Government should not do
more than strictly necessary
Improve Gov data
Aggregation Processing,
Marketing
Data Creation and editing and End Use
and delivery
Organisation packaging
Specialist Specialist Specialist Specialist
Services Services Services Services
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38. Summary
 Open Data has Triple Objectives:
Transparency + Public Services + Economics
 Varied, innovative business/social models
 “Push” and “Pull” of data
 Business and Civil Society engagement is
essential
‒ Important to grow open data “ecosystem”
 Data flow can be both ways
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39. Questions?
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40. End
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