Presentation at the 2014 Hawaii Digital Government Summit

1. Open Data 2015
Hawaii Digital Government Summit
Burt Lum
December 16, 2014
@bytemarks
bytemarks@gmail.com

2. The Open Government
Partnership is a
multilateral initiative that
aims to secure concrete
commitments from
governments to promote
transparency, empower
citizens, fight corruption,
and harness new
technologies to
strengthen governance.

3. Open Government Declaration
● Increase the availability of information about
governmental activities.
● Support civic participation.
● Implement the highest standards of professional
integrity throughout our administrations.
● Increase access to new technologies for openness
and accountability.
2011

4. Open Data by Default
Establish an expectation that all government data be published openly
by default
Quality and Quantity
Release high-quality open data that are timely, comprehensive, and
accurate.
Ensure that information in the data is written in plain, clear language
Make sure that data are fully described,
Release data as early as possible
Useable by All
Release data in open formats wherever possible
Release as much data as possible,
Releasing Data for Improved Governance
Share technical expertise and experience
Be transparent about our own data collection, standards, and publishing
processes,
Releasing Data for Innovation
Work to increase open data literacy and encourage people
Empower a future generation of data innovators
G8 Open Data Charter
2013

5. 2009 - Open Government Directive - M-10-06
2013 - Executive Order -- Making Open and
Machine Readable the New Default for
Government Information
2013 - Project Open Data
2014 - Office of Science and Technology Policy,
Open Government Plan

6. Act 263
(2013)
Ordinance 13-39
(2013)
Hawaii Open Data Policy

7. Whether you’re a data publisher or a data
user, each open data certificate is a great
achievement. There are four kinds:
Open Data Certificates

8. CC0 enables scientists, educators, artists and other creators
and owners of copyright- or database-protected content to
waive those interests in their works and thereby place them as
completely as possible in the public domain, so that others
may freely build upon, enhance and reuse the works for any
purposes without restriction under copyright or database law.

9. The School of Data aims to make your learning
experience as tailored as possible through
independent learning modules. Learning modules
are all stand-alone and can be taken in any order.
● Data Fundamentals
● A Gentle Introduction to Data Cleaning
● Introduction into Exploring Data
● A gentle Introduction into Extracting Data
● A gentle Introduction to Geocoding
● Working with Budgets and Spending Data
● School of Data Journalism
School of Data

11. What can open data do for you?

12. Changing the Culture of Government

13. Burt Lum
@bytemarks
bytemarks@gmail.com
Hawaiiopendata.com