[okfn-za] Open Data Evaluation of Government Departments

Fri Sep 12 09:34:02 UTC 2014

So - the idea here is not to look at open data readiness at the
country level but rather taking the temperature of each government
department to see whether they are in a position to publish and
maintain at least one dataset. I think that it would be a useful
exercise to take a relatively pragmatic view on data in government. It
would be quite beneficial to show how the public can use these
datasets - if only to find interesting stories and tell them visually.

I wouldn't want to spend more than a couple of hours per department,
otherwise it would be impossible to achieve this as an unfunded pet
project.

Regards
Adi

On 12 September 2014 11:24, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> I note that the world bank and others already have ODRAs (Open Data
> Readiness Assessment) which could fit the bill.
>
> I would also encourage folks to check whether the Open Data Census for South
> Africa is up to date: http://national.census.okfn.org/place/za
>
> Those core datasets could be a focus for initial opening up (if not
> already).
>
> Rufus
>
> On 11 September 2014 21:27, Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org> wrote:
>>
>> Totally agree. I'm trying to come up with a scorecard to gauge open
>> data readiness. Government seems an easy first step but if we could
>> come up with 20 or 30 prominent CSOs that have data, I would be happy
>> to include them.
>>
>> Regards
>> Adi
>>
>> On 11 September 2014 18:47, Raymond Joseph <rayjoe at iafrica.com> wrote:
>> > Why only government? There's loads of data residing within NGOs/civil
>> > society that's been paid for by donors but hard to get hold of. Ray
>> >
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>> > Subject: Re: [okfn-za] Open Data Evaluation of Government Departments
>> >
>> > Thanks for the responses so far.
>> >
>> > Let me tweak the question a little bit. I think that I would get a no to
>> > the majority of the questions if I ask any of our departments (am I being
>> > too cynical?) If we take a step back and we're looking for a precursor to
>> > open data in government what would that precursor be?
>> >
>> > Rufus' questions fit the bill. Jason's questions are too optimistic for
>> > me :). Any other suggestions?
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Adi
>> >
>> > On 11 September 2014 17:20, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >> My 2c - much of this derives from the Open Data Handbook esp "How to
>> >> Open Up Data"
>> >>
>> >> 1. Do they have a need they want to address that open data will help
>> >> with (this may be policy, it may be using data better, it may be just
>> >> looking
>> >> good)
>> >> 1. Do they have any idea of what data they hold (even if just key
>> >> datasets not the full inventory) 2. Do they know what open data is?
>> >> 3. Are they "open" to the community and willing to talk and engage
>> >> with them?
>> >>
>> >> Aside: may be worth asking on open-government list as well.
>> >>
>> >> Rufus
>> >>
>> >> On 11 September 2014 15:20, Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> What are the top 4 questions that you would like answered when
>> >>> evaluating whether a government department is Open Data ready?
>> >>>
>> >>> Thoughts anyone?
>> >>>
>> >>> Adi
>> >>>
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Adi Eyal
Director
Code for South Africa
Promoting informed decision-making

phone: +27 78 014 2469
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