1 Bahrain International eGovernment Forum Samantha Liscio Corporate Chief Strategist Government of Ontario, Canada April 8-10, 2013 Open Data in the Province.

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Bahrain International eGovernment Forum

Samantha LiscioCorporate Chief Strategist

Government of Ontario, Canada

April 8-10, 2013

Open Data in theProvince of Ontario,

Canada

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Ontario: Quick Facts Population: 13M,

39% of Canada’s population

Nominal GDP: $655B,37% of Canada’s GDP

400+ municipalities

Toronto is 4th largest city in North America

Diverse population, 28% born outside of Canada

93% of Ontarians have Internet access

27% deal with an Internet-only bank

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Ontario: Federated IT Shared Services Model

$989MSpent in 2011 on IT

$135MPermanent annual savingssince 2007/08

8Business ‘clusters’ servingsimilar ministries

95%Customer satisfaction rate with IT ServiceDesk

4,728IT staff serving the Ontario Public Service

79High-risk legacysystemsremediated

63Data setspublished onOntario.ca/opendata

1Consolidatedinfrastructure

200+Websitesconsolidated

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Ontario’s IT Evolution: Open Government

Ontario, 2013

Emerging imperatives for governments: transparency, innovation, productivity, sustainability.

Public expectations – same level of service and ease of use from government as from private companies

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Open Government Driver: Legal Obligations

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act• to provide a right of access to information • to protect the privacy of individuals with respect to personal

information

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Open Government Driver: Benefits

The European Commission quantified the economic potential of data release at over €33 billion a year. Open Data White Paper. UK Cabinet Office

Open weather data in the United States is supporting a $1.5 billion industry.Jay A. Clayton. “The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption”

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Open Government Driver: Expectations

“Policy development should be more evidence-based – with clear objectives set based on sound research and evidence – and relevant data collected and used to evaluate programs.”

Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services, February 2012

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Our Call to Action: Ontario ‘behind’ others

Ontario is following fast in key initiatives but lagging behind UK, US and other leaders in Open Government

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Ontario Open Government: Information + DataOpen Information Open Data

Web modernization & consolidation

Routinely and actively releasing government information

Open information & consultation portals

Social media policies & guidelines

Modernized information management policies & practices

FOI Modernization Initiatives

Open Data Portals: High value data A centralized catalogue Open license Visualization & web

mapping Tools Engagement:

Online engagement to increase use

Hackathons/ Application Development events

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Where We Are Today: Ontario.ca/opendata

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Where We Are Today: 5 Steps to Publishing Data

Step 1:Identify Data

Step 2:Assess Data

Step 3: Prepare Data

Step 4: Get approvals

Step 5:Publish!

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But…• Nervousness about risk• On-going dialogue on open licence• Only non-contentious, ‘easy’ data published so far – need to determine data value

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Two days after the Open Data catalogue was launched, a data journalist used Ontario data to inform citizens on the quality of drinking water by analysing and overlaying the data on Google maps.

Where We Are Today: Use of Open Data

Currently available data sets are non contentious and have been used, but… Demand for government open data is

focused on economy, demographics, and employment*

Local consultations to identify and support local demand

Engaging data community (researchers, computer developers) to identify high-value datasets Initial feedback indicates high demand for

environment, health, transportation and education data.

* Research by Deloitte on the UK Open Data catalogue

Challenge: Assuring Value

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Challenge: Common Licence

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Challenges and Mitigation StrategiesPublishing challenges (data accuracy, privacy, security) Mitigation: Ontario data sets are assessed by each ministry and centrally

to ensure they do not undermine privacy, security, copyright or government credibility and that they uphold commonly accepted standards for data quality

Common Open Government licence Mitigation: Ontario working with the Federal government, Alberta and

British Columbia to reach an agreement on a common national licence template

Risk of ‘harm’ (data used for nefarious purposes) Mitigation: Addition of “no harm” clause as part of licence; mandatory

acceptance of ‘Terms of Use’

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Program Status

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Develop Supporting Materials & Process

• Open Data Publishing Guidebook

Develop Open Data License

• New Open Data Terms of Use

Launch Open Data Catalogue

• 63 datasets

Phase 1

Phase 2 Consult Internal & External Stakeholders

• High-value datasets identified• Internal advisory committee and

community of practice

Publish High-Value Content

• ~ 200 high-value datasets from multiple ministries

Evolve Platform/ Catalogue Functionality

• Data visualizations and web-mapping functions

• Common National Licence Template

April 2012 November 2012

Spring 2013December 2012

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What’s Next: Addressing Challenges

Additional functionality, including

search and datavisualization

New Partnerships across sectors (government,

academia, business)

Updated Policies to support a culture

shift towards a “share first” philosophy

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Bahrain International eGovernment Forum

Samantha LiscioCorporate Chief Strategist

Government of Ontario, Canada

www.ontario.ca/opendata

Open Data in theProvince of Ontario,

Canada

[email protected]@sliscio