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This presentation was provided to the NT ICT Industry Association on 1 June 2017. It considers the concept of open data and its adoption by the Australian Government, in the context of the provision of data about government procurement.

Free Beer and speech!

Published on May 31, 2017

This is a presentation on open government data and its use in Australian Government procurement

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Free Beer and speech!

Open data and Government procurement

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scope

Open Data History
Open Data in the Australian Government
Open Procurement Data
Costs and Benefits
Reflections

This slide shows the the scope of the presentation.

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sebastopol, CA, 2007

Complete
Primary
Timely
Accessible
Machine Processable
Non-discriminatory
Non-proprietary
License-free

One of the seminal moments in the open government data movement was the meeting in Sebastopol, CA in 2007. This meeting established a set of principles for open data. While different versions have emerged in subsequent years, this set is a strong description of what is required to make open government data work.

PS: If you are wondering what this picture is about, it goes like this:
- Sebastopol
- Crimea
- Crimean War
- Charge of the Light Brigade
- 'Cannons to the left of them ...'

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Obama, 2009

Strengthen our democracy
Promote efficiency and effectiveness in government

There's little doubt that President Obama's advocacy of open government data from the day after he was sworn in was a driving force internationally.

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engage 2.0

Make public sector information open, accessible & reusable

Australia's journey began with the Gov 2.0 Task Force in 2009. The task force recommended making public sector information open, accessible, and reusable.

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data.australia.gov.au

The beta data.gov.au site was developed as part of the task force's work. We were feeling our way forward. Activities such as GovHack grew the community.

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PSI should be:

free
based on open standards
easily discoverable
understandable
machine readable
freely reusable and transformable

At the end of the task force, its recommendations drew heavily on previous similar work.

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data.gov.au

Discoverable sets: 49.9k
API enabled: 9k
Openly licenced 39.6k

Data.gov.au has grown considerably since it was cleaned out and relaunched in 2013. The adoption of APIs using the CKAN interface has made much of the data more readily available.

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