government transparency in a digital age

OpenGovernment

david eavescitizenbloggerfellow

my point

NOBODY TRUSTS YOU

try not to take it personally

(they don’t trust anyone… not even their doctors)

objectivity = credibility

objectivity = credibility

“we want to see the discussion”

-David Weinberger

vs

vs

vs

objectivity ≠ credibility

transparency = credibility

vs

vs

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my point open and transparency

1. Encourages engagement

2. Improves government

3. Strengthens the economy

<1>encourages engagement

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Where is the nearest polling station?

Most recent election results

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Constituency Offices

979 Victoria StreetKamloops, British ColumbiaV2C 2C1Telephone: (250) 851-4991Fax: (250) 851-4994

Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo

Cathy McLeodConservative

<2>improves government

When governments are open and transparent

government becomes a platform

The biggest benefactor of a transparent government is…

government

<3>strengthens the

economy

“When attractive profits disappear at one stage in the value chain because a product becomes modular and commoditized, the opportunity to earn attractive profits with proprietary products will usually emerge at an adjacent stage.”

- Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business Review, Feb 2004

to stimulate our economy and our political process

we need to modularize data

Healthier citizens

Safer workplaces

Lower healthcare costs

Happier customers

Map as platform

Data as platform

public data is not public (or modularized) until…

Three principles of transparent government: 1. If it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist

2. If it isn’t in open and machine readable formats, it can’t engage

3. If a legal framework doesn’t allow it to be repurposed, it doesn’t empower

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