[open-government] The Death of Open Data?

Wed Apr 20 09:55:57 UTC 2011

Also see David Eave's commentary on this:
http://eaves.ca/2011/04/14/future-of-democracy/

In general I've been pushing re-use by gov itself and open data as
instrument for more internal efficiency and effectivity (using open data as
a way to execute own tasks and reach own goals) for a year now. It seems a
hard concept to grasp for a lot of gov bodies. Usually they're doing it 'for
someone else' and even a lot of the transparency activists push the concept
for some 'other', not for themselves.

In my home town (Enschede, Netherlands) I specifically linked opening data
to achieving the planned budget cuts in conversations and presentations to
city officials. It seems some awareness is now growing around that.

But telling a carpenter there's a new tool and it doesn't resemble a
traditional hammer is not always an easy message to convey.

best,

Ton

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2011/4/20 Tim McNamara <paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz>

> Is there any way we as a community can press the case that government could
> actually save money with open data?
>
> All of the talk in my part of the world has been using government data to
> make departments more effective. It enables sharing and collaboration
> between agencies by default.
>
> Also, how much of data.gov spending is on website development? My feelings
> are that governments should harness tools like CKAN and just provide
> repositories as data wholesalers. Allow data retailers to spend money and
> take on risk making products for consumers.
>
>
> Tim McNamara  |  @timClicks <http://twitter.com/timClicks>  |
> timmcnamara.co.nz
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> On 20 April 2011 12:00, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
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