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david eavescitizenbloggerfellow
my point
NOBODY TRUSTS YOU
try not to take it personally
(they don’t trust anyone… not even their doctors)
objectivity = credibility
objectivity = credibility
“we want to see the discussion”
-David Weinberger
vs
vs
objectivity ≠ credibility
transparency = credibility
vs
vs
??
my point open and transparency
1. Encourages engagement
2. Improves government
3. Strengthens the economy
<1>encourages engagement
i-Politics
Tell me about this riding…
Where is the nearest polling station?
Most recent election results
i-Politics
Constituency Offices
979 Victoria StreetKamloops, British ColumbiaV2C 2C1Telephone: (250) 851-4991Fax: (250) 851-4994
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
Cathy McLeodConservative
i-Politics
Constituency Offices
979 Victoria StreetKamloops, British ColumbiaV2C 2C1Telephone: (250) 851-4991Fax: (250) 851-4994
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
Cathy McLeodConservative
<2>improves government
When governments are open and transparent
government becomes a platform
The biggest benefactor of a transparent government is…
government
<3>strengthens the
economy
“When attractive profits disappear at one stage in the value chain because a product becomes modular and commoditized, the opportunity to earn attractive profits with proprietary products will usually emerge at an adjacent stage.”
- Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business Review, Feb 2004
to stimulate our economy and our political process
we need to modularize data
Healthier citizens
Safer workplaces
Lower healthcare costs
Happier customers
Map as platform
Data as platform
public data is not public (or modularized) until…
Three principles of transparent government: 1. If it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist
2. If it isn’t in open and machine readable formats, it can’t engage
3. If a legal framework doesn’t allow it to be repurposed, it doesn’t empower
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