Open Government, Open Data and You

Open Government& Open Data

Kyle Geske

Co-Founder Open Democracy Manitoba

Open DemocracyManitobaEmpowering voters, through educationand technology, for an accountableand respectful democracy.

Our ProjectsWinnipegElection.caManitobaElection.ca

One million page views with two hundredthousand users and counting.

Canadian InternetRegistration Authority$25,000 in funding for the opensource toolkit that powers oursites.

Open GovernmentParticipation

Collaboration

Transparency

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Participation

CollaborationPoliticiansCivil ServantsCitizensCompaniesNon-Governmental Orgs

TransparencyProvide citizens withinformation about whattheir Government is doing.

Open DataThe default release of the data thegovernment collects.

All the studies, reports, decisions,maps and calendars available onlinein a machine-readable format.

Open DataBudgetsExpensesMapsTransit

Taxes311ConstructionCrime

Data vs InformationData is raw, unorganized facts.

When data is structured, or presentedin a given context so as to make ituseful, it is called information.

Browser Usage Data

Becomes Information...source: http://gs.statcounter.com

Wpg OpenGov WinsWinnipeg Transit Open API

2013-2015 Council Meetings on YouTube

Neighbourhoods of Winnipeg - now.winnipeg.ca

80 Open Datasets - data.winnipeg.ca

Open Data in CanadaMunicipalities and Provinces across the countrynow have open data portals.

At the federal level we have open.canada.ca

Success Story:ReCollect.netApp built using City of Vancouver Open Data toreminder citizens of their garbage day.

Now a company with the following cities ascustomers: Vancouver, Surrey, Ottawa, Victoria

How Do WeParticipate As...

CodersDesignersJournalistsEntrepreneurs

CodersYou've got the skills to process,filter, and visualize this data.

Unopen data can also beliberated through scraping.

DesignersTurning data into information isa design / UX problem.

JournalistsData is a starting place for storiesthat might otherwise have beenmissed.

Entrepreneurs

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Democracyis only as strong as the individual

parts that create it.