[open-government] Measuring open data success in local govt

Thu Dec 12 09:01:29 UTC 2013

Dear Thimo and everyone else,

Please see my paper here on Open Data at local government in the UK-still provisional but I hope it helps

Worthy, Ben, David Cameron's Transparency Revolution? The Impact of Open Data in the UK (November 29, 2013). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2361428

or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.236142

Best,

Ben

Lecturer in Politics
Birkbeck College, University of London
Email: b.worthy at bbk.ac.uk
Tel: 02030738047
see http://www.bbk.ac.uk/politics/our-staff/academic/ben-worthy 
View my research on my SSRN Author page: 
http://ssrn.com/author=1897482 

-----Original Message-----
From: open-government on behalf of Rufus Pollock
Sent: Thu 12/12/2013 8:45 AM
To: Thimo Thoeye
Cc: open-government at lists.okfn.org
Subject: Re: [open-government] Measuring open data success in local govt

Hi Thimo,

As part of the Open Data Index <http://index.okfn.org/> and associated Open
Data Census <http://census.okfn.org/> we've been tracking key datasets
released by cities starting about a year ago. We're just in the process of
doing an update of this approach (and so city data is temporarily
unavailable). If you're interested can I suggest joining the census mailing
list at:

https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-data-census

Regards,

Rufus

On 10 December 2013 18:00, Thimo Thoeye <thimothoeye at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Since this is my first post to this list I would like to introduce myself,
> my name is Thimo Thoeye. I'm a software engineer and open data enthusiast
> currently working for local government (City of Ghent, Belgium)
>
> The city of Ghent has an open data programme (see http://data.gent.be),
> characterized by community interaction. We are looking to expand it and I
> have been asked to devise a quantitative performance indicator to monitor
> our progress.
>
> I don't want to fall in the 'number of datasets' trap and maintain focus
> on the impact on transparency and life in the city. I realize this isn't
> too straightforward so I would be very grateful if you can point me to any
> prior work (being) done on this subject
>
> Kind regards,
> Thimo
>
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