Rebecca Williams | @internetrebecca

Senior Engagement Liaison | Data.gov

#InnovaChallenge

Data.gov today –

How did we get here?

Behind every great website

there’s a policy

2009 Open Government Directive

Data.gov the Data Host

2013 US Federal open data policy

Project Open Data guidance

Data.gov the Harvester

US Federal Open Data Policy

Implementation

Technology to monitor compliance

A collaborative and iterative policy

Policy metadata updates

Data.gov/Impact

http://www.climate.com/

Geoplatform.gov Sea Level Rise

Planning Tool

http://www.trulia.com/

https://open.fda.gov/

http://www.consumerfinance.gov/h

mda/

http://project.wnyc.org/stop-frisk-

guns/

http://www.consumerfinance.gov/co

mplaintdatabase

FYI Complaint Database = the

most popular dataset

Local open data policies keep

springing up!

http://sunlightfoundation.com/policy

/opendatamap/

Open Data policies,

a taxonomy

Varying Legal

Authority

Varying Scopes &

Goals

Legislation Amended Right-to-Know

laws; #OpenFOIL

Executive Orders General

Administrative Memos Specific: tax, law, GIS,

budget data, webcasting

IT ad hoc internal policies Open gov plans

Terms of Use Open source plans

Philadelphia Open Data Implementation

tools: Plan & Census

http://us-city.census.okfn.org/

Open Data Standards – Open 311

Challenges w/ open data

• PII and the Mosaic Effect

• Compatible Licensing Schemes

• Lack of remedies

• Terms of Use

• Standards / Consensus

• Technological Debt

Policies can help – watch for the

US DATA Act

But policies should be iterative &

collaborative!

• Ways you can can contribute to US Open

Data:

– Project Open Data

– Data.gov Feedback!

Rebecca Williams | @internetrebecca

Senior Engagement Liaison | Data.gov

#InnovaChallenge