Open Data Portal
Open Raleigh
NC Digital Government SummitAugust 28, 2013
Jason Hare & Donna-maria HarrisCity of Raleigh
Agenda
Open Raleigh• What is Open Raleigh
• What is open data?
• Who benefits and how?
• Where are we now?
• Where are we headed?
Q&A
Evolution ofOpen Raleigh Open Data Portal
DataSlateAugust 2013
BetaMarch 2013
What is Open Raleigh?
https://data.raleighnc.gov
What is open data?
How do we define open data?
New Technology Resource Constraints
Opportunity to Rethink
Roles
Why is now a good opportunity for government to benefit from open data?
Who benefits and how?
Open Data Portal
Updates
Citizens & developers
engage providing feedback
City
internalizes feedback to
improve data
City
departments see others’
success
More data released, attracting
more users
Events around data
generate interest in
portal
“Virtuous Circle”
of Data Ecology
Who benefits and how?
Citizens and government working together
Who benefits and how?
Government data as a service
Who benefits and how?
Open data technologists are 1990s webmasters
Circa 1993
Where are we now?
Nothing “automagical” about open data
Circa 2013
Where are we now?
Data Policy Data Collector
Data Producer
Data Publisher
Open Data Policy as a Living Document
External influence
s
Steering Committe
e influence
Data Published
Stage 1 Evolution
Stage 2 Evolution
Data evolution in Raleigh
Where are we now?
Open Data Resolution
February 2012
Adoption of OKFN Open
Data Philosophy
April 2012
Launch of Beta Portal
March 2013
Steering Committee
Formed
May 2013
New Open Data Policy Considered
July 2013
Timeline of Open Raleigh
Where are we now?
The Whitehouse comes to the Triangle #NCDataJam
Where are we now?
Open Raleigh’s DataSlate Project
Where are we now?
Geospatial Visualizations Open Raleigh
Where are we now?
Sustainability Projects in Open Raleigh
Where are we now?
Citizen Tools to Create Visualizations
Where are we now?
Site Stats for Open Raleigh
Where are we now?
GovStat coming soon for Open Raleigh
Where are we going?
When: September 12, 2013, 8-11 a.m.
Where: NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Contact: The HUB at 919-300-6917
Register:http://NCDataPalooza.com
NC DataPalooza
Jason HareOpen Data Program Manager
City of Raleigh, Information [email protected]@JasonMHare
Contact Information
https://data.raleighnc.gov
Winner of Public Technology Institute
2013 Web 2.0
and
Significant Achievement Award 2012-13 PTI Technology Solutions