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

Thu Oct 18 02:49:44 UTC 2012

Hi Susannah,

Thank you for sharing this link and the associated document.

Dominic , I wonder if you have gone through the Web Foundation Open
Government Data Feasibilities for Ghana and Chile. I contributed to
the project as a co-Technical Editor for the following :

Chile OGD: http://public.webfoundation.org/2011/02/OGD_chile_PR.pdf
Ghana OGD: http://public.webfoundation.org/2011/02/OGD_ghana_PR.pdf

News Source:
http://www.webfoundation.org/2011/02/ogd-feasibility-reports-in-ghana-and-chile-released-for-public-comments-2/

Regards.
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On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:37 AM, Susannah Sabine
<susannah.sabine at ands.org.au> wrote:
> 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.
>> --------------------------
>> Fouad Bajwa
>> Internet Public Policy Analysis, Research and Advocacy
>> Executive MA/MPhil in Public Policy (Cohort 2012-2013),
>> CPPG  Centre for Public Policy and Governance. http://cppg.fccollege.edu.pk/
>> Forman Christian College University , Lahore, Pakistan. http://fccollege.edu.pk/
>> My Blog: Internet's Governance: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/
>> Follow my Tweets: http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa
>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fouadbajwa
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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>> --------------------------
>> Fouad Bajwa
>> ICT4D and Internet Governance Advisor
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