[open-government] Quantifying the Cost Savings from Open Data

Wed Oct 17 22:37:57 UTC 2012

Hi,

In 2011 ANDS (Australian National Data Service) commissioned the
Centre for Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University to
examine the costs and benefits of public sector organisations making
their data (Public Sector Information or PSI) freely available.

The study was undertaken by Professor John Houghton, a prominent
economist and researcher in the 'open access' field. What
characterises this report as being different from some previous
efforts, is that it is focused on the costs and benefits to the
organisation, the users and the wider benefits to the economy,
separately, and collectively.

The report can be downloaded from the ANDS website:
http://ands.org.au/resource/cost-benefit.html

I hope this is of use.

Susannah Sabine

On 18 October 2012 07:45, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Along with the cost savings aspect, what are the pros and cons of Open
> Government. This question comes in the reasoning of policy analysis
> and request for neutral and unbiased research?
>
>
> Regards.
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>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:36 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> At OKFestival various working group members started putting together a
>> slide deck consolidating some of the evidence for open (gov) data.
>> This is still a work in progress but you can find the slides embedded
>> in the Why section of:
>>
>> http://okfn.org/opendata/
>>
>> And you can get a direct link to the source of the slides on gdocs
>> (contributions welcome - just create a slide and add info):
>>
>> http://bit.ly/case-for-open-data/
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rufus
>>
>> On 17 October 2012 16:35, Dominic Mauro <dominic at reinventalbany.org> wrote:
>>> My name is Dominic Mauro, and I'm an open government researcher with a
>>> non-profit organization called Reinvent Albany. We work for a more
>>> transparent and accountable New York State government, primarily by
>>> advocating for increased adoption of information technology.
>>>
>>> Currently, I'm working on a report which argues for the economic benefits of
>>> an electronic Freedom of Information Law request tracking system (over the
>>> analog approach currently in use in most of New York State). This argument
>>> would be bolstered by data about the cost-savings other governments have
>>> experienced since uploading their open data to the internet.
>>>
>>> Jim Hendler at RPI suggested that OKFN might be able to direct me to the
>>> UK's figures for open data-related savings. Is there anyone on this list who
>>> has empirical evidence of roughly how much money any governments have saved
>>> due to open data practices (or know someone who does)? I would greatly
>>> appreciate you sharing it with me.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much,
>>>
>>> Dominic Mauro
>>> Open Government Coordinator
>>> Reinvent Albany
>>> 148 Lafayette St. New York NY, 10013
>>>
>>>
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>>
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>
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Susannah Sabine

Research Analyst
Australian National Data Service
ANU Division of Information
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