Open Data Policy

 

Performance & Analytics Department

Today, Our Data Is...

  • Closed
  • Misunderstood
  • Hard to find
  • Unknown
  • Scattered.

Open Data is...

  • Accessible
  • Described
  • Reusable
  • Timely
  • Complete

As a City Employee,

Open Data Lets Me...

  • Increase operational efficiency.
  • Make it easier to access information from other departments.
  • Be transparent about what my department is doing.
  • Stimulate economic activity and innovation.
  • Improve decision making and accountability.
  • Engage in a community of other municipalities.

Great.  But my company already pays taxes.  How does this help me?

  • Integrate into your systems
  • Deliver better services to your clients
  • Get more accurate information
  • Stop paying for data from 3rd party vendors
  • Find new and innovative ideas
  • Optimize location placement

An Example

Let's Visualize Budget Data

As an interactive chart

Today...

  • Download PDF
  • Download Tabula
  • Download Java
  • Extract Page #5
  • Run Tabula
  • Select and Extract Table Data
  • Import into Excel
  • Fix headers
  • Paste into viz tool
  • Visualize

Total Time: 1 Hour

Tomorrow

  • Copy
  • Paste

Total Time: 2 Minutes

The Goal

  • Automatic

Total Time: 0.003 Seconds (probably less)

Less Effort.

Same Result.

Multiplied

Open Data Policy

  • Proposed Open Data Policy:

    • Draws on other existing policies.

    • Defines terms, making sure data meets "open criteria"

    • Assigns responsibilities to Chief Data Officer and to City Departments

    • Sets timeline 

    • Includes reporting requirements to Mayor and Council

Past | Present | Future

Open Data's Timeline is Open Data

Ok. You sold me.

Now what?

 

  • Let's work together to build an innovation community
  • Think about how government data can integrate into your products and systems
  • Encourage your developers to participate
  • Stay tuned!

This Presentation Too!

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See it in the privacy of your office

Or send it to a friend

And We're Just Starting Out

Keep In Touch!

http://github.com/cityofsandiego

maksimp@sandiego.gov

 

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