[open-government] What are your questions for opengovernmentdata.org?

Tue May 3 00:38:20 UTC 2011

I second the “prove it works” question. Maybe something like, “What’s the
potential ROI for open data?” For many open-government advocates, open-data
initiatives mark the first time we’re asking policy-makers to invest real
money in open government – for years, we’ve primarily pushed legal reforms
that go on the books and cost money only when the government screws up and
gets sued. If policy-makers are going to invest money, they want to know why
it’s worth it .. who uses open data, what they use it for, and what the
return on investment (in real dollars/pounds/euros) is to both government
and the public.

I guess I also have a question for your site 
 when you say ‘support
development of open government data catalogues’, is that about encouraging
governments to publish their own data proactively online, or is the idea
that data will be legally available and copyright-free so that we as private
citizens can obtain and publish it ourselves? Or both? I suppose the
question is, who do we think should ultimately bear the responsibility of
publishing public data? I certainly don’t have an answer, just throwing it
out there.

Sincerely,

Sarah Welsh

Executive Director

New Mexico Foundation for Open Government

(505) 764-3750

(888) 843-9121

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[mailto:open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Anna Kuliberda
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 3:42 PM
To: Tim McNamara
Cc: open-government at lists.okfn.org
Subject: Re: [open-government] What are your questions for
opengovernmentdata.org?

Hi,
Great idea with this FAQ!
I don't know who is the target group, but if it's also public officials or
decision makers, it would be good to let them know about tow following:

1. Open government data regarding freedom of information, freedom of
expression and re-use of public information (or public sector information if
you prefer)

2. All the licensing issues - what to think about before choosing one. Not
necessarily indicate better or worse license, but just pointing out things
to be considered.

And maybe it's too complex but
3. What may be the return of investment from putting money, time and effort
for a release open government data project

And than form an advocate point of view - I meet quite often this question -
"Ok, open data, suer, but please show me change that was done thanks to open
data, just prove it works!". I know it is not a place for such a thing in
FAQ, but actually, it is the most frequently asked question in my case. 

And because this is my first time not only lurking - I'm saying hello!
My name is Anna Kuliberda and I work for Polish watchdog NGO who, among
other things, organised first TransparencyCamp in Poland
(http://transparencycamp.pl) in 2010.

regards, 
Anna

----
Anna Kuliberda
Stowarzyszenie Liderów Lokalnych Grup Obywatelskich (The Association of
Leaders of Local Civic Groups)
anna.kuliberda at lgo.pl tel. 0048 22 844 73 55
www.sllgo.pl <http://www.sllgo.pl/>  www.informacjapubliczna.org.pl,
<http://www.informacjapubliczna.org.pl/>  www.watchdog.org.pl
<http://www.watchdog.org.pl/> 

2011/5/2 Tim McNamara <paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz>

I'm attempting to build some questions to create a FAQ for
opengovernmentdata.org. If you have any thing you would like answered,
please let me know. If you use Quora, I've created a question there[1].

Tim McNamara  |  @timClicks <http://twitter.com/timClicks>   |
timmcnamara.co.nz <http://timmcnamara.co.nz/> 

[1] www.quora.com/Which-questions-should-be-part-of-a-great-FAQ

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