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

Tue May 3 09:02:33 UTC 2011

hello everybody, it's my first time here! I work  in Italy and my job
deals with public sector information.

I share Sarah's doubt, I hope I got it properly . When you say support
open data you're just supporting the openness (that is a matter of
formats and licensing) or, as Sarah suggests, you want to encourage
governments to put their own data online? Both? In my opinion they're
different things, but it's necessary to promote both. If both,
explaining it in your FAQ could be really useful!
thanks a lot ,
Alessandra

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> 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.
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> Sincerely,
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> Sarah Welsh
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> Executive Director
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> New Mexico Foundation for Open Government
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> From: open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org
> [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?
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> 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.
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> 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
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> ----
> 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 www.informacjapubliczna.org.pl, www.watchdog.org.pl
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> 2011/5/2 Tim McNamara <paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz>
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> 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].
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> Tim McNamara  |  @timClicks  |  timmcnamara.co.nz
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> [1] www.quora.com/Which-questions-should-be-part-of-a-great-FAQ
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