NZ Government Opening Up Their Data
This initiative was almost entirely driven from the awesome work of a small independent group led by Glen Barnes and Nathan Torkington (http://open.org.nz) with the Open Data Catalogue as a “one-stop shop for locating government data”.
So where is this official site: http://www.data.govt.nz/
They are also using Twitter to announce new data sets: @Data_Govt_NZ
Nat posted up his views on the initial release and ComputerWorld have popped up an article today. Included is this quote from the totally switched on Jason Ryan ("State Services Commission communications man") which has quickly become my favourite about 'open government data':
Nat posted up his views on the initial release and ComputerWorld have popped up an article today. Included is this quote from the totally switched on Jason Ryan ("State Services Commission communications man") which has quickly become my favourite about 'open government data':
“It’s not about the technology. It’s not about data quality. Or privacy. Or commercial sensitivity, or any of that stuff. That should all be dealt to as part of the everyday functioning of any administration,” Ryan writes.
“It is about accepting that we, the government, collect and manage this information on behalf of citizens and that it is our fundamental responsibility to make it available to them, in a way that supports the creation of public and economic value.”
Other NZ Government information can be found at:
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