Open Data - Intro & Current State for Planners

Presented by Jury Konga,

PrincipaleGovFutures Group

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Open Data- Introduction & Current State

Presented toRegional Information Systems Working GroupToronto, June 3, 2011.

Jury KongaOpen by Design TM

Context – Open Gov, Gov 2.0 and Open Data

Open Data Current State• Principles• Open Data – local to global• Open Data Framework• Open Data Value Proposition

Open Data and the Planning Community

Closing thoughts

Overview

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• Roots in Freedom of Information legislation (oldest identified with Sweden in 1766, U.S.A. 1966; Canada FOI as well as Privacy Act; 1983)

• More recently, Open Government focuses on citizen engagement, transparency, accountability, collaboration and innovation

• 3 Pillars of Open Government from Senator Kate Lundy, Australia:Citizen- Centric Government, Open and Transparent Government and Innovation Facilitation (June 2009)

• President Obama’s Open Government directive (Jan. 2009) synopsis: Government should be transparent, participatory and collaborative

Context- Open Government

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• “Government 2.0: Using Technology to Improve Education, Cut Red Tape, Reduce Gridlock, and Enhance Democracy”William Eggers, Deloitte. 2005

• Gov 2.0 “is the use of technology – especially the collaborative technologies at the heart of Web 2.0 – to better solve the collective problems at a city, state, national and international level”Tim O’Reilly, “Open Government – Collaboration, Transparency and Participation in Practice”. 2010

Context- Gov(ernment) 2.0



• Open Data is a foundational component for Open Government and focuses on freely making public data available in a usable format for all to re-use and add value for the benefit of citizens.

• Open Data – it’s about public data being easily discoverable, readily accessible and freely available without restrictions (to a degree)

• Recent Open Data initiatives have focused on public sector data and very recently has also turned to private sector corporate data

• Open Data – not new, we’ve been doing it for a while … what has changed is the public’s expectations of expanded scope and ease of access to government data

Context- Open Data



Open Government Components- Focus on Citizens

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Core Element Value to Citizens

Citizen Engagement Democracy with the opportunity to participate and influence policy

Open Data Transparency via access to public information and potential value added products and services

Collaboration Efficiencies in government , reduced duplication of effort and better results

Innovation Enhancing policy , service delivery and optimizing government resources

What needs to improve to benefit citizens …

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Business: Public Services

Structure: Corporation

Governance: Council (Board of Directors)

Servicing: Citizens and Businesses- the SHAREHOLDERS

Open Government- Perspective for Local Government



Open Government, Open Data- Why?

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Shareholders…. needs & expectations

Images via MS Office



Open Data Current State- Principles

10 Principles for Opening Up Government Informationhttp://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/documents/ten-open-data-principles/ Completeness Primacy Timeliness Ease of Physical and Electronic Access Machine readability Non-discrimination Use of Commonly owned standards Licensing Permanence Usage costs


http://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/documents/ten-open-data-principles/


Open Data Current State- Principles

10 Principles for Opening Up Government Information

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Complements of www.wordle.net


http://www.wordle.net/


Open Data Current State- Where in the World?



Open Data Current State- From Local to Global



Federal : started shortly before election call. One year pilot. Considered 2 – 3 years behind UK & USA

Provinces: some GIS data related sites. BC has Minister of Open Gov

Municipalities: Leaders in Open Data. In Ontario: Toronto, Ottawa, London, Windsor, Mississauga. Others in planning stages.

Open Data Current State- the Canadian Open Scene



G4: Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton & Ottawa ODF Project: August – December 2010. ODF Components

• Governance• Principles & Policy• Standards• Technology• Data, Operations & Human Resources• Open Data Portal• Future Roadmap

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Open Data Current State- Open Data Framework Project



Open Data Value Proposition- 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

Great video on value of open data- http://www.streetfilms.org/a-case-for-open-data-in-transit/

Open Data - the New RealityOpen Data – Intro & Current State

http://www.streetfilms.org/a-case-for-open-data-in-transit/


Hans Rosling’s Gapminder App

Raw data input from simple table

Animation to simplify understanding of temporal data

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Open Data Value Proposition- Visualization for Education



Enhanced services

Cost reductions (e.g. FOI requests)

Economic development

Improved government transparency & trust

Increased citizen engagement


Open Data Value Proposition- Some Commonly Defined Benefits

Jury KongaOpen by Design TM Open Data - the New Reality

Open Data Current State - Collaboration from 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!

Participated in RHoK Dec 4 – 5, 2010. Combined with Intl Open Data Hackathon: 63 cities, 25 countries, 5 continents


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Open Data Current State- Open Data Maturity Model

1 Startup

2 Data Catalog

3 Open Data Portal

4 Enterprise Open Data

5 Global Integration

Five Phases of Open Data

Evolutionary withinInfo Management Best PracticesOpen Data – Intro & Current State


OpenData.EARTH

OpenData.EARTH

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Academia, Non-Profits,

Community Groups

OpenStreetMapCommunity

Updates

External Data Linkages(e.g. World Bank)

OpenData.CA

Provincial

Municipal

Federal

Public Service

Source: Municipal Open Government Framework, 2010 www.slideshare.net/jkonga

Open Data NxGen- Enhanced Content & Access


http://www.slidershare.net/jkonga


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Open Data andthe Planning Community


Planning Data + Open =

HUGE Opportunity

…. lots of activity


Open Plans (1999) focused on Open Gov , “livable streets” & reporting urban issues

Focus on “Helping cities work better”

Numerous community focused projects developing open source tools & using open data

Open Planning Community- U.S. Example



Neptis Foundation -Focus on urban growth management research & education

Developing an Open Data Strategy to allow better access to research data including geospatial data

Wiki Mapping project seeks to share GIS data ,foster collaboration and develop info to support GGH regional planning

Open Planning Community - Local Non-Profit Example


DRAFT


Open Planning Community - Local “Open Data”



Open Planning Community - Local Neighbourhood “Open Data”


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Government

NGO

PrivateAcademia

Community Groups

Moving forward together … as a community

Need to leverage ourCommunity Intellectual Capitaland resources



Embrace Open Government and Open Data – you’re actually already part of the way there and momentum is growing

Accelerate Open Data – all levels of government need to increase knowledge and pick up the pace of moving forward to benefit all

Plan now, develop incrementally – awareness of the new environment, readiness assessment, align with priorities & allocate resources

Collaborate Now - limited resources and increasing internal and external demands for efficient and effective government dictate it

Build and Leverage Your Community – engage the citizens, businesses and community groups … the community wants to help

Planning community has much to offer – the data used to develop an Official Plan should be optimized … making it open and accessible by all will add value to your sizable investment

… a few Concluding Thoughts

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Jury Konga, PrincipaleGovFutures Group

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