Open Data: Why it is important

Andrew Stott

UK Transparency Board and

first Director of data.gov.uk

Bratislava, Slovakia

11 November 2014 v0.1

@dirdigeng

andrew.stott@dirdigeng.com

The Importance of Open Data

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New Economic and Social Value

Improved public services

Greater Transparency

More Efficient Government

New Economic and Social Value

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New data-driven services

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Greater Business Efficiency

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Better Business Decisions

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Geospatial Reference Data: Maps & Addresses

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Transport Information

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Census and other detailed statistics

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Government Spending and Procurement

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Weather Data

European Union: potential of €200bn a year

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Greater Transparency

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Is My Money Being Spent Well?

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Data-driven Journalism

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Input

• 285,000 records

• 1.17m rows of

data

• PDF documents

Findings

• $34bn spent in 8

years

• Aid increased

1,965%

• 20 companies

benefited most

International Corporate Transparency

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Improved public services

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Hospital infections down 85% after 4 years

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1000 fewer heart surgery deaths each year

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More Efficient Government

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Public institutions can get their own data (!)

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Others can help improve government data

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The Importance of Open Data

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New Economic and Social Value

Improved public services

Greater Transparency

More Efficient Government

The most successful

Governments play

four roles in Open Data

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Government as Supplier

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Government as Leader

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Government as Catalyst

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Government as User

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Thank you

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