[open-government] Introductions

Thu May 27 12:06:29 UTC 2010

Dear Tim,

1. I fully agree with your comments that this Soros
Foundation Study is rather useless or even misguiding.
I do not even cite this study.

2. I have the strong impression that none of the recent
authors has participated in any Epsiplus meeting in the
past years and have read any of their/my studies.

Even the literature in the 60ies was far behind that what
I currently am pleased to read.
Open data entails so many complex legal, organisational
and financial questions where none of the open data
evangelists have even thought of.

I haven't came across any handbook which assists Governments
to transpose this complex issue step by step in line
with complex national legislation.

kind regards,

Gerhard

At 12:57 27.05.2010, Tim Davies wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I thought I should introduce myself to the list, having recently 
>joined the working group project.
>
>I'm currently based at the Oxford Internet Institute (until August) 
>where I'm working on a masters dissertation focussing on the uses of 
>open government data (specifically focussing on 
><http://data.gov.uk>data.gov.uk) which is being blogged here: 
><http://www.practicalparticipation.co.uk/odi/>http://www.practicalparticipation.co.uk/odi/
>
>The rest of the time I run a small consultancy (Practical 
>Participation) focussing on work around social technology and 
>participation in government - with a specific focus on young 
>people's participation. Quite a lot of that work is with frontline 
>local government practitioners so I tend to have a focus on the 
>interface between technology projects and frontline practice - 
>looking at, for example, how service providers can improve both 
>their use of data and information, and their collection of good 
>quality data and information. I also spend quite a lot of time 
>looking at proactive and positive responses to child-safety concerns 
>relating to online information and data.
>
>I'm particularly interested in the user end of open government data, 
>and looking at development of resources and guidance to support 
>non-technical users to understand and engage with government data.
>
>Looking forward to future discussions and work in this group.
>
>All best wishes
>
>Tim Davies
><http://www.timdavies.org.uk>http://www.timdavies.org.uk
>+44 (0)7834 856 303 | @timdavies
>
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