the uses of open data
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Presentation held by Mr. Andrew Stott (UK Transparency Board, formerly Director, data.gov.uk & UK Deputy GCIO) within the final consultations held at Chisinau about the Open Government Partnership on March 12th 2012.TRANSCRIPT
The Uses of Open Data
Andrew Stott
UK Transparency Board
formerly Director, data.gov.uk
& UK Deputy GCIO
Chisinau, Moldova [2a]
12 March 2012
@dirdigeng
Why Open Data?
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Labour Coalition
UK Policy Drivers
New economic and social value
June 07 Mar 11
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Feb 09
Labour Coalition
UK Policy Drivers
New economic and social value
Jul 11
Improve public services
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Mar 09
Labour Coalition
Jun 09
UK Policy Drivers
New economic and social value
May 10
Improve public services
Transparent & Accountable Government
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Labour Coalition
UK Policy Drivers
New economic and social value
Improve public services
Transparent Government
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Trip
le O
bje
ctive
s
Both political “sides”
Some Examples
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New economic and social value
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Cleansing and organising data
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Business Intelligence from item-level
purchasing data
Information services to the public
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Weather, transport and
public facilities among
most downloaded
Smartphone Apps
Data Mining
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Prescription data
Patient outcome
data
Longitudinal health
records
Pupil-level
education records
Operational efficiency/optimisation
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Real time info on road delays and roadworks allows
logistics efficiency
Financial Products
Weather Risk
Management
(US: $4bn annual
contracts value)
Flood insurance
on detailed
topography and
river records
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Customer attraction and retention
14 Local house prices attract potential customers
estate
agents/
realtors
Financial
services
builders and
other local
services
Evidence for EU PSI review
EU27 direct gains from completely open access
to PSI could be ~ €40 Bn
Direct market for PSI use less important than
indirect benefits, spillovers and new uses.
Overall economic impact could be ~€140 Bn
Future innovations due to easier access add
further economic and social benefits
Costs and revenue foregone? ~ € 1 bn
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Source: Graham Vickery, Information Economics
Public Service data as a hub for civil
engagement
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Improving Public Services
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Nation-wide Crime Data
18 Vision: CrimeArrestConvictionSentence
Crime Data to your mobile phone
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Use data to compare and choose hospitals
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12+ Weeks
MRSA-free
Good C-Diff
record Low
Mortality
2 recent
MRSA
Blood
clots
Patient
ratings
Crowd-sourcing to improve official data
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Government is a data user too
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Transparent and Accountable
Government
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Transparent and Accountable Government
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Transparent and Accountable Government
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Pressure to justify and restrain costs
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Transparency promoting sustainability
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Public scrutiny of contracts
28 http://www.otvorenezmluvy.sk/
Data Journalism
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Lessons learned
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Top-level political support essential
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“Public information does not belong to Government, it belongs to the public.”
“Greater transparency will enable the public to hold politicians and public bodies to account”
Strong civil society “demand-side” vital too
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Passionate team important too!
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Deliver incrementally
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Ensure clear, common, licensing
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Photos: @memespring,
@MadLabUK, @paul_clarke
Continuously engage with developers
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Open Government Data Re-Use Model
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Government should not do
more than strictly necessary
Data Creation
Aggregation
and
Organisation
Processing,
editing and
packaging
Marketing
and delivery End Use
Business/Civil Society Government Consumer
Specialist
Services
Specialist
Services
Specialist
Services
Specialist
Services
Improve Gov data
Summary
Open Data has Triple Objectives:
Transparency + Public Services + Economics
Varied, innovative business/social models
“Push” and “Pull” of data
Business and Civil Society engagement is
essential
‒ Important to grow open data “ecosystem”
Data flow can be both ways
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Questions?
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End
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