[Open-data-census] Getting Sweden up to date in the Open Data Census?

Tue Jun 11 15:04:37 BST 2013

Hello,

I am also looking forward for some explanation on this.

We have data on government spending but it's at high level-minister and
below-not transactional. But can we really say there are no dataset
available for government spending?

Samuel

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On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Christian Villum <
christian.villum at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> Good questions, and yes, it's sometimes a bit complicated to evaluate what
> sets are appropriate. I am hereby cc'ing the Census Editor discussion list
> (which we have also taken the liberty of subscribing you to for now, you
> can always easily opt out), as it's often good to hear what others have
> done.
>
> Could anyone here on the list give good advice to Peter on how to approach
> the Government Spending category?
>
> He writes:
>
> A question: regarding Government spending data (national transactional level
> data) - are there examples of what is a valid dataset here?
> Norway sems to link to the national statistics (?) and some of the others
> were unclear.
>
> As for your second question; this means if the data are available to the
> public. It should probably be rephrased to "can you access the data?".
>
> Please fire away with any other questions!
> Thanks for contributing,
>
> -Christian
>
>
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> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Peter Krantz <peter at peterkrantz.se>wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> A question: regarding Government spending data (national transactional
>> level data) - are there examples of what is a valid dataset here?
>> Norway sems to link to the national statistics (?) and some of the
>> others were unclear.
>>
>> And what does the first question imply ("does the data exist")? I
>> guess all countries have spending data deep down in their ERP systems
>> (should be hard to run central gvmt otherwise) or do you mean that it
>> should exist outside the organization?
>>
>> /Peter
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2013/6/10 Anders Pedersen <anders.pedersen at okfn.org>:
>> > Hi Peter,
>> >
>> > Just wanted to follow up on the Open Data Census.
>> >
>> > We're still two entries short for Sweden, and I'd be really interested
>> to
>> > hear if we could close these (even if the entry should be 0 out of 7).
>> >
>> > Let me know if I can help and thanks again for your help.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Anders
>> >
>> >
>> > On 5 June 2013 07:56, Anders Pedersen <anders.pedersen at okfn.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Peter,
>> >>
>> >> This is great to hear. I've shared the editing rights and also looping
>> in
>> >> Christian, who's spearheading the effort.
>> >>
>> >> Hope to catch you some time soon over at one of the OpenSpending calls!
>> >>
>> >> Anders
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 5 June 2013 03:58, Peter Krantz <peter at peterkrantz.se> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi!
>> >>>
>> >>> Sure! Add me to the spreadsheet and I'll solicitate feedback from our
>> >>> local opengov community.
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards
>> >>>
>> >>> Peter
>> >>>
>> >>> Den 4 jun 2013 19:06 skrev "Anders Pedersen" <
>> anders.pedersen at okfn.org>:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Hi Peter,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> It's been a while - I hope things are good!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I'm getting back in touch as we're currently looking to improve the
>> >>>> coverage of the Open Data Census (http://census.okfn.org/) and
>> verify
>> >>>> existing contributions to ensure information is still up to date and
>> >>>> reliable.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> One of the countries, that we'd like to better is Sweden - a few
>> empty
>> >>>> spots and maybe need for review of the info there?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I'd ask you help in doing this! There are 2 aspects:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Contributing on countries where there is missing information - you
>> can
>> >>>> do this right now, just visit http://census.okfn.org/country
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Reviewing existing contributions - you will need access to the review
>> >>>> spreadsheet (just let us know and we can add you)
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> This would involve a relatively small amount of time over the next
>> week
>> >>>> until June 12th and would involve both adding information yourself
>> and
>> >>>> mobilizing input and expertise from colleagues to contribute.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> It would be great if you could help bring Sweden up to date.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Let me know if you have questions and I'd be glad to help out via
>> Skype
>> >>>> or email.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Anders
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Anders Pedersen
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Community Coordinator  |  skype: anpehej  |  @anpe
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Empowering through Open Knowledge
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>> >>>>
>> >>>> OpenSpending | http://openspending.org | @openspending
>> >>>>
>> >>>> School of Data | http://schoolofdata.org | @schoolofdata
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Anders Pedersen
>> >>
>> >> Community Coordinator  |  skype: anpehej  |  @anpe
>> >>
>> >> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>> >>
>> >> Empowering through Open Knowledge
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> OpenSpending | http://openspending.org | @openspending
>> >>
>> >> School of Data | http://schoolofdata.org | @schoolofdata
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Anders Pedersen
>> >
>> > Community Coordinator  |  skype: anpehej  |  @anpe
>> >
>> > The Open Knowledge Foundation
>> >
>> > Empowering through Open Knowledge
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> > OpenSpending | http://openspending.org | @openspending
>> >
>> > School of Data | http://schoolofdata.org | @schoolofdata
>> >
>> >
>>
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