Ottawa open data case (misa 2010) speakers v.2

City of Ottawa OpenData

A Case Study

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Outline Our Site (5 mins)

How we got there (10 mins)

What we learned (15 mins)

Q&A (15 Mins)

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How We Became Open

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Drivers Mayor’s eGov Taskforce:

• Enhance resident participation in civic matter• Share what we know with public• Facilitate resident and business contributions

Councillor motion:• “review the City’s Data Dissemination Policy

and make recommendations to amend the Policy to allow for Open Access to Public Data that will benefit the City and its citizens.”

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Report to Council Focus of Report:

• Background, context, and examples• Link to Corporate Strategy – Service Excellence• Benefits: transparency and information to the

people, economic development, Ottawa's reputation as technology hub

Recommendations (report)

• Adopt principles of OpenData• Run a contest ($50k)

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Media

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What’s Next More data

App Contest (Fall/Winter 2010)

Operationalize, standardize, & automate • Open Data 2.0 (?)

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Issues and Lessons Learned

What Data?

Terms of Use

Data Owners

Apps and Mash-Ups

Multi/Inter-Jurisdiction

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Resources

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Q&A

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Resources City of Ottawa:

• Sean.McCaffrey@ottawa.ca• Mark.Faul@ottawa.ca• Robert.Giggey@ottawa.ca• Council Report: http://is.gd/cI0QN

Terms of Use:• http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/04/26/OpenDataExperiment/ • http://weait.com/content/unintended-restrictions

General Open Data:• 8 Principles: http://resource.org/8_principles.html• OpenGov group on GovLoop: http://is.gd/cOktY