The document discusses the benefits of open government data and transparency. It argues that open data can crowdsource solutions to problems from citizens, and that making data open and accessible according to three laws (being spiderable, in open formats, and with a legal framework for reuse) allows it to empower more people. It claims the biggest benefactor of transparent government is the government itself, as objectivity and transparency build credibility, and that open data can stimulate the economy by allowing data to be modularized and reused.

1. g overnment o pen

2. david eaves citizen blogger fellow

3. g overnment: t he carrot t h e stick o pen (plus s pecial bonus over time carrot, if time)

4. t he carrot: g overnment as platform

5. city governments already crowdsource problems

6. … and have for 25 years

7. 911

8. police/ambulance/fire

9. police/ambulance/fire citizens

10. police/ambulance/fire citizens

11. o pen data creates a long tail of public policy

12. city of toronto’s knowledge/capacity

13. everybody else

14. me an academic you your mom your neighbour

15. me an academic you your mom your neighbour

16. the three laws open data: 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 there isn’t a legal framework that allows it to be repurposed, it doesn’t empower

22. t he stick:

23. NOBODY TRUSTS YOU

24. try not to take it personally (they don’t trust anyone… not even their doctors)

25. objectivity = credibility

26. objectivity = credibility

27. “ we want to see the discussion” -David Weinberger

28. v s

29. v s v s

30. objectivity ≠ credibility

31. transparency = credibility

32. v s v s ?

33. w elcome to the era of open

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36. sudden death o vertime (bonus carrot)

46. map as platform

47. data as platform

49. our governments are cash poor

50. our governments are cash poor but… data rich

51. public data is not open data (or modularized) until…

52. the three laws open data: 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 there isn’t a legal framework that allows it to be repurposed, it doesn’t empower

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