how to evangelize and implement an open government initiative
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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
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 Labrecquelabrecquel@bouldercolorado.gov
@leslielabrecque
Sean Hudsonshudson@arvada.org
sean.hudson@opencolorado.org@seanhudson
Resources
Download Presentation:
http://goo.gl/5ZtPY
Links to sites referenced in this presentation:
http://goo.gl/HPaax
Additional Links:
http://goo.gl/QDGST
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