[open-government] Literature on open government data

Tue Jun 15 10:30:02 UTC 2010

 > I wonder whether we should start a mini-project to collate information
 > about open government data related publications?

I've been updating opengovdata.org and as of yesterday morning there's a 
Reading List page there, based mostly on the publications I found in 
putting together my Open Data is Civic Capital essay from last year. 
Plus Paul's publications.

http://www.opengovdata.org/home/reading-list

- Josh Tauberer
- CivicImpulse / GovTrack.us

http://razor.occams.info | www.govtrack.us | civicimpulse.com

"Members of both sides are reminded not to use guests of the
House as props."

On 06/15/2010 05:47 AM, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> Second that! Many thanks for the links Paul!
>
> I also found your "The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector
> Information on Digital Networks" collection useful, especially your
> literature review:
>
> http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12687
> http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12687&page=61
>
> I wonder whether we should start a mini-project to collate information
> about open government data related publications?
>
> All the best,
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Josh Tauberer<tauberer at govtrack.us>  wrote:
>> Hi, Paul. Thanks for sharing those links.
>>
>> - Josh Tauberer
>> - CivicImpulse
>>
>> http://razor.occams.info
>> http://www.civicimpulse.com
>>
>> "Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation!  Yields
>> falsehood when preceded by its quotation!" Achilles to
>> Tortoise (in "Godel, Escher, Bach" by Douglas Hofstadter)
>>
>> On 06/05/2010 07:29 PM, Uhlir, Paul wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Let me contribute several documents for your archives that I produced
>>> and that deal with open government info:
>>> -The 2004 UNESCO Policy Guidelines on the Development and Promotion of
>>> Governmental Public Sector Information, available at:
>>>
>>> http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15862&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
>>>
>>> <http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15862&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html>.
>>>
>>> - The National Research Council/OECD report on The Socioeconomic Effects
>>> of Public Sector Information Online: Toward a Better Understanding of
>>> Different Access and Reuse Policies (2009),
>>> http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12687.
>>> - Toward Implementation of the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles, Journal of
>>> Space Law (2009),
>>> http://www.spacelaw.olemiss.edu/JSL/articles/35JSL201.pdf
>>> Also see the 2008 OECD Recommendation on Public Sector Information and
>>> related materials at:
>>>
>>> http://www.oecd.org/document/36/0,3343,en_2649_34223_44384228_1_1_1_1,00.html
>>> FYI, I am currently involved in several activities in this area that may
>>> be of interest to you. Let me know if you want to follow up on any of
>>> them.
>>> - An EC funded project, that is just beginning, on the Legal Apects of
>>> Public Sector Information (LAPSI), run out of the Politecnico di Torino,
>>> http://www.lapsi-project.eu/.
>>> - Another EC-funded project that is now ending, COMMUNIA, looking at
>>> public domain info, also out of Turin, http://www.communia-project.eu/.
>>> - The Group on Earth Observations Data Sharing Task Force, of which I am
>>> co-chair, that is currently developing an Action Plan on implementing
>>> the Data Sharing Principles for the Global Earth Observing System of
>>> Systems, http://earthobservations.org/geoss_dsp.shtml.
>>> - A US-China Roundtable on Scientific Data Cooperation and a related
>>> study, http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/brdi/PGA_047350
>>> - Chilean national scientific data policy, CONICYT (July 2010)
>>> - Previously, Measuring European Public Sector Information Resources
>>> (2003)
>>>
>>> http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/docs/pdfs/mepsir/executive_summary.pdf
>>> - and generally, the Board on Research Data and Information, at the U.S.
>>> National Research Council,
>>> http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/brdi/index.htm
>>> Regards,
>>> Paul
>>>
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>>> [open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Rufus Pollock
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>>> *Sent:* Friday, June 04, 2010 1:56 PM
>>> *To:* Pearce, Matthew
>>> *Cc:* open-government at lists.okfn.org
>>> *Subject:* Re: [open-government] Reporting of Government Finances paper
>>>
>>> Excellent point Matthew -- so fundamental and obvious that it was
>>> entirely forgotten! This should be point 1 in v0.2.
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>>> Rufus
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>>> 2010/6/4 Pearce, Matthew<Matthew.Pearce at nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk
>>> <mailto:Matthew.Pearce at nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk>>
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>>>     Hello all
>>>
>>>     Regarding the Reporting of Government Finances paper: are there any
>>>     plans to include a recommendation that expenditure information is
>>>     published under a licence which allows re-use? Much appreciated.
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>>>     http://opengovernmentdata.org/finances/
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