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How to Evangelize and Implement an Open

Government Initiative

Leslie Labrecque, City of Boulder, COSean Hudson, City of Arvada, CO

Agenda

• What is Open Government?

• Why me?

• How do I Get Buy-In?

• Where Do I Get Started?

• Showcase OpenColorado

• Next Steps

• Questions?

Get Buy-In

Go to anyone within your organization that will listen. The usual suspects might include:

• Public Information Office (PIO)

• Information Technology (IT)

• Mapping Professionals (GIS)

• Finance

Get Buy-In

You don’t have to get everyone to buy-in to your initiative, just the folks that could kill it.

Get Buy-In

Do your research. Metrics and case studies are readily available. Start here:

• Sunlight Foundation (http://sunlightfoundation.com/)• OpenPlans (http://openplans.org/)• OpenColorado (http://opencolorado.org)• Code for America (http://codeforamerica.org/)• CityCamp (http://citycamp.govfresh.com/)• GovFresh (http://govfresh.com/)• GovLoop (http://govloop.com/)

Get Buy-In

http://opengovernmentinitiative.org/

How to Get Started

Step #1: Start with the low-hanging fruit.

Most of you already have data on your website. Put it in one place and promote it.

How to Get Started

Step #2: Develop policies and guidelines for liberating future data sets and improving overall transparency.

Keep the policies simple as they will allow you to evolve quickly as your initiatives

evolve – think agile.

How to Get Started

Step #3: Identify high-value data sets, and plan how to make them accessible.

Poll your citizens, search what other have found as high-value, poll other employees

who may get FOIA requests.

How to Get Started

Step #4: Make friends with your organization’s legal team.

Keep them informed and help with research. They know law, but you’re the Internet

professionals.

How to Get Started

Step #5: Start a data catalog (or contribute to an existing data catalog

and/or repository). Promote your efforts.

• Roll your own• CKAN (http://ckan.org)

• Socrata (http://socrata.com/)• Many others…

OpenColorado

http://opencolorado.org

OpenColorado

City of Arvada

http://arvada.org/opendata

Next Steps

• Educate yourself• Follow the movers and shakers• Discover existing open government

initiatives• Attend a CityCamp and get on CityCamp list

CityCamp ColoradoOctober 28, 2011

http://opencolorado.org/citycamp-colorado

Questions?

Leslie [email protected]

@leslielabrecque

Sean [email protected]

[email protected]@seanhudson

Resources

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