open government, open data and you
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Open Government& Open Data
Kyle Geske
Co-Founder Open Democracy Manitoba
Open DemocracyManitobaEmpowering voters, through educationand technology, for an accountableand respectful democracy.
Our ProjectsWinnipegElection.caManitobaElection.ca
One million page views with two hundredthousand users and counting.
Canadian InternetRegistration Authority$25,000 in funding for the opensource toolkit that powers oursites.
Open GovernmentParticipation
Collaboration
Transparency
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Participation
CollaborationPoliticiansCivil ServantsCitizensCompaniesNon-Governmental Orgs
TransparencyProvide citizens withinformation about whattheir Government is doing.
Open DataThe default release of the data thegovernment collects.
All the studies, reports, decisions,maps and calendars available onlinein a machine-readable format.
Open DataBudgetsExpensesMapsTransit
Taxes311ConstructionCrime
Data vs InformationData is raw, unorganized facts.
When data is structured, or presentedin a given context so as to make ituseful, it is called information.
Browser Usage Data
Becomes Information...source: http://gs.statcounter.com
Wpg OpenGov WinsWinnipeg Transit Open API
2013-2015 Council Meetings on YouTube
Neighbourhoods of Winnipeg - now.winnipeg.ca
80 Open Datasets - data.winnipeg.ca
Open Data in CanadaMunicipalities and Provinces across the countrynow have open data portals.
At the federal level we have open.canada.ca
Success Story:ReCollect.netApp built using City of Vancouver Open Data toreminder citizens of their garbage day.
Now a company with the following cities ascustomers: Vancouver, Surrey, Ottawa, Victoria
How Do WeParticipate As...
CodersDesignersJournalistsEntrepreneurs
CodersYou've got the skills to process,filter, and visualize this data.
Unopen data can also beliberated through scraping.
DesignersTurning data into information isa design / UX problem.
JournalistsData is a starting place for storiesthat might otherwise have beenmissed.
Entrepreneurs
Image Attribution: David Eaves - http://eaves.ca
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Democracyis only as strong as the individual
parts that create it.