Municipal Open Data: An Interdisciplinary Analysis

Jan Whittington & Ryan Calo

The 19th Annual BCLT/BTLJ SymposiumUniversity of California, BerkeleyApril 17, 2015

THIS POWERPOINT THEME

> A UW

US FTC. Data Brokers: A Call For Transparency and Accountability. Washington DC, May 2014. Exhibit 2.

Research Questions

1. Does open data increase public trust in the effective and efficient delivery of public services?

2. How might the release of open data be governed to meet the public need for privacy?

3. What harms could municipal open data lead to, including disparate racial or social impact?

Four Approaches

1. Eight focus groups2. Interviews with nine departments3. Technical analysis of data4. Legal analysis of data

How Data Opens

Cities PUSH data to an open data portal

People PULL data out (e.g., public disclosure requests)

Cities SPILL data (e.g., external or internal breaches)

Hopes

Fears : Push

Fears : Pull

Fears : Spill

City Auditor

City Budget Office

City Light

City Purchasing

Customer Service

Economic Devt

Edu & Early Learning

Finance & Admin Svc

Fire Department

Human Resources

Human Services

Information Tech

Neighborhoods

Seattle Center

Film & Music

Housing

Immigrant & Refugee

Intergov Relations

Prof Accountability

Sustainability & Env

City Clerk

The Waterfront

Planning & Devt

Retirement

Animal Shelter

Municipal Court

Office for Civil Rights

Emergency Mgmt

Arts & Culture

Cable Comms

Transportation

Parks & Recreation

Police Department

Public Library

Public Utilities

Special Events

Public Data : Push

Attributes

Data Sets

Business License

Permitting

Tech Survey

Housing

persons groups other

Shifts in Data Collection

stationarystationary

transportparking

kiosk data

stationarymobile

mobilemobile

transportdevice location

tracking

policedashboard

video

policebody worn

video

electricitymeter via

phone line

electricitymeter mesh

network

SensorSubject

real time usage real time location video

Data Requests : Pull

Frequency of Public Disclosure Requests

paper15¢/page

fax10¢/page

phonefree

onlinefree

anonymous,“frivolous”

purposeful,identified

City as Customer

City as Customer : Spill

Our Team

Jan Whittington, Urban Design & PlanningRyan Calo, School of LawMike Simon, Center for Information Assurance & CybersecurityMeg Young, Information School (PhD candidate)Peter Schmeideskamp, Urban Design & Planning (PhD candidate)Jesse Woo, School of Law (alumnus)