Post on 21-Aug-2015
City of Kitchener Policy Approach to Open
Data
May 1st, 2015
5 Year Review for Corporate Accountability and Transparency Policy
Open Government Project
Council Strategy Session
Stakeholder ConsultationsPublic
What Did We Hear?
• Open processes and decisions• Accessibility to information• Open by default • Accountability
Accountability and Transparency Policy Update:
• Open Government definitions • Plain language• Components and commitments • Incorporated consultation
feedback• Ongoing review and updating
Vision: To provide a City government that is transparent and accountable to its citizens,
with opportunities for meaningful, accessible public participation, made possible through innovation, technology and collaboration.
A&T Policy - Open Data Commitments
– “Open by Default”– priority for open data influenced by
community engagement– strive to make available data machine
readable– release public information that helps
reveal and inform decision-making– timely updates to data based on the
nature of the data– open data is a collaborative community
undertaking – must monitor and adapt
What Have We Achieved?• Consulted on priorities and
collaboration opportunities• Developed open data approval
processes • Developed open data web portal
and catalogue • Launched in May 2014 with 32 data
sets - currently have 63 data sets• Promotion of our open data
Open Data Events
What Is On Our Roadmap?• Ongoing efforts to identify and
release more data sets• “Open by Default”• Implement an open data API• Looking to strengthen collaboration
with neighbouring municipalities including possible consolidated data sets
Thank You!
Dan MurrayDirector of Technology Innovation and ServicesInformation Technology - Finance and Corporate Servicesdan.murray@kitchener.ca
City of Kitchener Accountability and Transparency Policyhttp://www.kitchener.ca/en/insidecityhall/AccountabilityandTransparencyPolicy.asp
City of Kitchener Open Data Portalhttp://www.kitchener.ca/opendata/