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Lead Into Gold: The Alchemy of Open Data

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Victor GonzalezSteve PaxmanDoug Holt

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Speakers Victor Gonzalez – Director of Innovation

and Chief Technology Officer, CPA Steve Paxman – Deputy Commissioner

Information Services, GLO R. Douglas Holt – Deputy Executive

Director Statewide Technology Services, DIR

Regina Rousseau – Assistant Director eGovernment Services and IT Policy, DIR

Janet Gilmore – Assistant Director eGovernment Services and IT Policy, DIR

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What is Open Data?

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Open data is publicly collected data that is not subject to valid privacy, security or

privilege limitations. 

Open data is public government information, such as government records, that is shared with the public digitally, over the Internet, in a way that promotes analysis and reuse.

Open data is a philosophy and practice requiring that certain data are freely available to everyone, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control. Perspectives

Where’s the Gold in Open Data?

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The power of digital information to catalyze progress is limited only by the power of the human mind. 

Data are not consumed by the ideas and innovations they spark, but are an endless fuel for creativity.  A small bit of information, well found, can drive a giant leap of creativity.

The power of a data set can be amplified by ingenuity through applications unimagined by the authors and distant from the original field. --- "Harnessing the Power of Digital Data for Science and Society" (U.S. OSTP, 2009)

Transparency = Trust

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Citizens who believe the agency is highly transparent are:

46% more likely to trust the agency 49% more likely to use the site as a

primary resource 37% more likely to return to the site

Source: ForeSee Results survey of 36,000 citizens of 14 federal sites in 2009

Economic value

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Reduce information requests from: Public Government Journalists Developers

Eliminate case-by-case decisions Example: Apps For Democracy

47 web, iPhone and Facebook apps $2.3 million value to the city Cost - $50,000

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Potential for Innovation

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Winner - Wayfinder

Augmented reality Android

app

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Locate public transit near

you

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Used PIA for data

Mashups

Attractive & usable

Search

Built APIs

Basic statistics

Visual aids

Sort by category

Feedback mechanis

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Comptroller of Public Accounts

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Machine-readable

Platform independent

Raw datasets

Additional data tools

By Agency

By Category

By Purchase Code

To Vendors

Travel Expense

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General Land Office

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Legislative Interest

“…writing to ask you to review high-value data sets that your agency maintains – those that reflect and demonstrate the vital mission, operations and functions of your agency – and consider which of those can be made available in an open standard format on your agency’s web site or though a more general state data portal…”

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Benefits of a statewide solution Common architecture Cost savings Standards and policies Easier for users Easier for agencies

Third party tools

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PolicyCulture

Discussion

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What are you doing now with open data?

What are your goals and plans?

What do you need to accomplish this?