Isle of Man GovernmentDrivers for open data

Dan Davies, Business Change Manager Chief Secretary’s Office

Tonight

Brief Context – Government Where are we now? Drivers for change Where next?

Government in context

9 Departments

17 statutory boards or offices

24 Local Authorities

3 swimming pool boards

8 Housing authorities

1 Refuse collection board3 Civic Amenity site committees

Political System – elected representatives

24 publicly elected representatives

House of Keys

Majority stand as independents

Political System

The current political system means our politicians are close to the people they represent.

Almost all politicians also have a role in Government

Electorate

Parliament

Current Information Sources

Code of practice on access to

information

Parliamentary Questions

gov.im

Isle of Man drivers

Freedom of Information legislation

Political Driver?

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Drivers?

David Cameron

…open about what we do, and, crucially, open about what we spend…

Opportunities for open data

Emergency ServicesUtilities

Infrastructure Education and Schools Social Care Transport

Opportunities for open data

1 IT provider

Common technical infrastructure

Small scale of Government

Use existing models

Little or no outsourced services

Summary

Many opportunities for open data exist

Consolidated IT systems and architecture means open data can be more easily achieved if required

FoI is on the horizon – need to understand how that will affect Departments

Political decision is needed to move open data forward