V. Case Studies: Solving Public Problems
by Stefaan Verhulst, Andrew Young
The Global Impact of Open Data
- Acknowledgements
- Executive Summary
- I. Open Data’s Impact—Lessons Learned
- 1. Understanding the Impact of Open Data
- Introduction
- I. What Is Open Data?
- II. The Case Studies
- III. What Is the Impact of Open Data on People’s Lives?
- IV. What Are the Enabling Conditions that Significantly Enhance the Impact of Open Data?
- V. What Are the Challenges to Open Data Making an Impact?
- VI. Recommendations: Toward a Next Generation Open-Data Roadmap
- Recommendation 1:Focus on and Define Key Problem Areas for Which Open Data Can Add Value
- Recommendation 2:Encourage Collaborations Across Sectors (Especially Between Government, Private Sector, and Civil Society) to Better Match the Supply and Demand of Open Data
- Recommendation 3:Approach and Treat Data as a Form of Vital 21st-Century Public Infrastructure
- Recommendation 4:Create Clear Open-Data Policies That Are Measurable and Allow for Agile Evolution
- Recommendation 5:Take Steps to Increase the Capacity of Public and Private Actors to Make Meaningful Use of Open Data
- Recommendation 6:Identify and Manage Risks Associated with the Release and Use of Open Data
- Recommendation 7:Be Responsive to the Needs, Demands, and Questions Generated from the Use of Open Data
- Recommendation 8:Allocate and Identify Adequate Resources to Sustain and Expand the Necessary Open-Data Infrastructure in a Participatory Manner
- Recommendation 9:Develop a Common Research Agenda to Move Toward Evidence-Based Open Data Policies and Practices
- Recommendation 10:Keep Innovating
- Key Remaining Questions
- II. Case Studies: Improving Government
- 2. Brazil’s Open Budget Transparency Portal: Making Public How Public Money Is Spent
- 3. Openaid in Sweden: Enhanced Transparency and Accountability
- 4. Open Contracting and Procurement in Slovakia: Establishing Trust in Government
- 5. Indonesia’s Kawal Pemilu: Elections: Free, Fair, and Open Data
- 6. Denmark’s Open Address Data Set: Consolidating and Freeing-up Address Data
- 7. Opening Canada’s T3010 Charity Information Return Data: Accountability of Charities through Open Data
- III. Case Studies: Empowering Citizens
- 8. Open Education Information in Tanzania: A Tale of Two Dashboards
- 9. Kenya’s Open Duka: Open Data for Transactional Transparency
- 10. Mexico’s Mejora Tu Escuela: Empowering Citizens to Make Data-Driven
- 11. Uruguay’s A Tu Servicio: Empowering Citizens to Make Data-Driven
- IV. Case Studies: Creating Opportunity
- 12. Great Britain’s Ordnance Survey: A Clash of Business Models
- 13. United States’ New York City Business Atlas: Leveling the Playing Field
- 14. United States’ NOAA: Opening Up Global Weather Data in Collaboration with Businesses: Creating a New Industry Through Access to Weather Data
- 15. United States Opening GPS for Civilian Use: Creating a Global Public Utility
- V. Case Studies: Solving Public Problems
- 16. Battling Ebola in Sierra Leone: Data Sharing to Improve Crisis Response
- 17. New Zealand’s Christchurch Earthquake Clusters: Open Data for Improving Emergency Response
- 18. Singapore’s Dengue Cluster Map: Open Data for Public Health
- 19. United States’ Eightmaps: The Unintended Negative Consequences
- 20. Kennedy v. City of Zanesville, United States: Open Data as Evidence
- A. Appendix
Part V. Case Studies: Solving Public Problems
Open data is playing an increasingly important role in solving big public problems—from health crises to cases of institutional discrimination. Solutions often arise as a result of citizens and policymakers accessing new forms of data-driven assessment of the problems at hand. Open data also enables data-driven engagement between stakeholders, producing more targeted interventions and enhanced collaboration.
The case studies in this section examine:
- The coordinated sharing of data among government and international actors during the response to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.
- The identification of discriminatory water access decisions in the case Kennedy v the City of Zanesville, resulting in a $10.9 million settlement for the African-American plaintiffs.
- Increased awareness among Singaporeans about the location of hotspots for dengue fever transmission.
- Improved, data-driven emergency response following earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Troubling privacy violations on Eightmaps related to Californians’ political donation activity.
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