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

Thu Dec 12 15:28:53 UTC 2013

Glad to see those are useful. We'd appreciate if you could keep us updated at project-odb at webfoundation.org as we believe others are already trying something similar and we may be able to connect/help.

J.

El 12/12/2013, a las 15:41, Thimo Thoeye <thimothoeye at gmail.com> escribió:
> Thank you very much for your valuable references! 
> For now I think it would be most pragmatic to go with the Open Data Barometer, allthough we need to adjust a few measures to be applicable at the local gov't level. But this is a very helpful tool! 
> 
> I will keep you posted on our progress.
> 
> @Rufus, thank you for the invitation. I will surely follow the discusssions there.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Thimo
> 
> 
> On 12 December 2013 10:01, Benjamin Worthy <b.worthy at bbk.ac.uk> wrote:
> 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
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> 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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