[open-government] Benefit and arguments for open gov data in small local governments

[Jason Kitcat]

On 26 Jun 2011, at 19:35, Neil McEvoy wrote:
> Can you expand a little on
> 
>>> With open data they are better able to address joint needs and joint cost bases.
> 
> How are they able to do this?


For example if spending data is published by public sector organisations it is easier to analyse and identify common spending with single suppliers - which could be renegotiated more effectively - or common areas of spending such as for networks, utilities etc.

By have greater visibility of what is being done there is room for efficiency, reduction of duplicated effort and so on.

I hope that clarifies!

All the best,
Jason
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