[open-government] Fwd: Invitation to Participate: Demand-driven Open Data

Mon Apr 15 22:03:00 UTC 2013

Hi Tom (Steinberg),

Hope all is well!

The narrative being presented isn't that there is a failure (lack of) of
demand for information but that there is a general lack of understanding
around demand for open data, in part due to inherent difficulties of
measuring open data demand. As Tom (Lee) mentions, there is certainly a
limitation to what a survey can uncover as far as "invisible" uses, but the
survey is just one tool we'll employ to draw these uses out. Would love to
touch base and chat with you both on this, if you're up for it!

Tom S., is there a way to access and analyze all of the requests on
WhatDoTheyKnow?

Sam Lee

Chirp- @OpenNotion <https://twitter.com/OpenNotion>

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Tom Steinberg <director at mysociety.org>wrote:

> I really don't like this narrative that says there is a failure of demand
> for government information, and I don't think it should be allowed to sail
> past unquestioned.
>
> Evidence :
> * both Blair and Cameron publicly lament the impact of FoIA, because the
> demand creates a burden
> * foi-released data on WhatDoTheyKnow.com is now accessed about 320,000
> times (visits) a month, in the UK alone.
>
> What there is no demand for is rubbish boring data nobody asked for.
>
> Tom
>  On 15 Apr 2013 17:07, "Jonathan Gray" <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> FYI
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> While much progress has been made on the supply side of Open Data, more
>> remains to be done, particularly regarding the demand side of Open Data.
>>
>> With the objective of advancing and improving current efforts regarding
>> the demand side of Open Data, the World Bank Open Finances and the World
>> Bank Institute's Open Government teams are conducting a survey that seeks
>> to shed some light on key aspects of this subject.
>>
>> We would be most grateful if you could contribute to this work by
>> completing this very brief survey: bit.ly/OpenDataDemand<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FOpenDataDemand&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE7HJdm24NIlEx6-SLLfB97G5k25g> and
>> by sharing this survey with your networks so that as many interested
>> people have the opportunity to respond.
>>
>> The survey will take just 5-10 minutes to complete, and all findings as
>> well as any insights gathered from this survey will be shared with all of
>> you in the hopes that they can be useful for future collaborative efforts
>> to enhance engagement around Open Data.
>>
>> Also, please join the on-going conversation about the survey on Twitter
>> by using #OpenDataDemand<https://twitter.com/search?q=opendatademand&src=typd>
>> .
>>
>> If you have any questions, comments, or feedback of any kind, please do
>> not hesitate to let Sam Lee (CC'ed) and I know.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Felipe
>>
>> Felipe Estefan
>> Open Government
>> The World Bank
>> +1 (315) 420-7464
>> @FelipeEstefan <https://twitter.com/felipeestefan>
>>
>>
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