[@OKau] A Missing Link

Fri May 8 00:05:46 UTC 2015

The Sunlight Foundation has collected 100 case studies to "illustrate the
social impact of open data and digital transparency initiatives in
different countries, cities and communities".
http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2015/05/05/a-new-approach-to-measuring-the-impact-of-open-data/

On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Steven De Costa <
steven.decosta at linkdigital.com.au> wrote:

> No!
>
> Don't get drawn into a hostage negotiation ;)
>
> That argument is one where the data holder will say, "Show me proof I'll
> get value, then I'll release the data".
>
> Instead, we need to keep the conversation on the data itself.
>
> However, if you must preemptively demonstrate value I think there are two
> sensible and non distracting ways to do it.
>
> 1. The macro economic argument. Talk about the economy, information goods,
> theory of the firm and transaction costs - all in broad terms. When you do
> this you can then find evidence of other changes in the (information)
> economy to cite as examples.
>
> 2. The micro economic argument. Talk about the shift in government-citizen
> dynamics brought about by modern communication mediums and the learned
> behaviors of digital natives. You can then cite examples of large changes
> in consumer behaviour born from peer to peer networks, social networks and
> consolidated consumer markets (amazon, app stores, etc).
>
> If a government agency is serious about working out the best areas where
> the release of data will improve the economy within their jurisdiction, or
> enable more effective G2C and C2G interactions then they should consider
> employing economists and statisticians to develop econometric models which
> demonstrate the likely value of releasing data. They should also consider
> what stimulation they'd need to provide to ensure that a supply-demand
> relationship emerges to maintain the long term value they expect to create.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
>
> *STEVEN DE COSTA *|
> *EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR*www.linkdigital.com.au
>
>
>
> On 8 May 2015 at 09:10, Ben Searle <bensearle54 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> An open data related thought based on a number of years working in the
>> data management space across different levels of government.
>>
>> Most government organisations and individuals in those organisations
>> understand the benefits of making their data available to the public.  That
>> debate has generally been won.  But, most organisations are suffering
>> reduced budgets and appreciate that they must expend some resources to
>> comply with the open data philosophy.  This costs their organisation.  But
>> what benefit do they get back from releasing their data?
>>
>> Generally not much direct benefit, other than complying with broad
>> government objectives.  So, what is their answer to the question of “whats
>> in it for me?”….generally not much.  Until we can effectively answer that
>> question the supply side of open data will continue to be limited and we
>> will continue to have data released purely to increase data set numbers and
>> meet KPI’s but will that data be useful?  Based on current activities, much
>> of the existing open data would not be consumed by organisations wishing to
>> generate digital products.
>>
>> What is missing?
>>
>>
>> Ben Searle
>>
>>
>>
>> Email:    bensearle54 at gmail.com
>> Mobile:  +61 (0) 400 453 601
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> okfn-au mailing list
>> okfn-au at lists.okfn.org
>> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-au
>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-au
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> okfn-au mailing list
> okfn-au at lists.okfn.org
> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-au
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-au
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-au/attachments/20150508/8561eaab/attachment-0004.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: PastedGraphic-15.tiff
Type: image/tiff
Size: 9570 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-au/attachments/20150508/8561eaab/attachment-0004.tiff>