Trustworthy Records and Open Data

Thurston, Anne

doi:10.15353/joci.v8i2.3047

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“…In the UK, significant progress toward open government has been observed, with the establishment of the Data.gov.uk portal being the most significant development to allow open access to government data sets (Davies, 2010). The UK Government is increasing transparency, for instance, by opening up data on public spending and crime and has shown commitment to spreading the practice of openness globally (Thurston, 2012). Since 2012, “the United Kingdom has played a leading role in international efforts to share this open approach so that people across the world can hold their governments accountable” (Thurston, 2012, p. 18).…”

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“…The UK Government is increasing transparency, for instance, by opening up data on public spending and crime and has shown commitment to spreading the practice of openness globally (Thurston, 2012). Since 2012, “the United Kingdom has played a leading role in international efforts to share this open approach so that people across the world can hold their governments accountable” (Thurston, 2012, p. 18).…”

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The Kenyan Judiciary’s Open Government Initiative: prospects and challenges

Maseh

Katuu

2017

JSTPM

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Purpose This paper is based on an empirical study undertaken between April 2014 to December 2014 that aims to investigate the Open Government Initiative in the Kenyan Judiciary and its contribution to Judiciary transformation for enhanced justice delivery. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws from both literature and data collected from representative professionals in the Kenyan Judiciary through interviews and questionnaires. Findings The findings indicated that the Kenyan Judiciary was at its initial stages of implementing its Open Government Initiative, and several strategies for the implementation were identified. Further, the findings revealed the benefits of opening up the Judiciary for public participation which pointed toward an improved justice delivery. Originality/value This paper presents findings of the investigation of Open Government Initiative in the Kenyan Judiciary as a contributory factor to the then on-going Judiciary transformation aimed at enhanced justice delivery. The paper provides a nexus between open government and records management and demonstrates the importance of sound records management for successful Open Government Initiative.

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The Kenyan Judiciary’s Open Government Initiative: prospects and challenges

Maseh

Katuu

2017

JSTPM

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“…These case studies enable comparative work, analyzing the open government data policy setting and how it interacts with information management roles. The research explored the role of the information and records manager in practice in an open government environment, given that it is a critical actor in the delivery of open government data to citizens (Thurston, 2012).…”

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Open government data: critical information management perspectives

Shepherd

Bunn

Flinn

et al. 2019

RMJ

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Open government data and access to public sector information is commonplace, yet little attention has focused on the essential roles and responsibilities in practice of the information and records management professionals, who enable public authorities to deliver open data to citizens. The article considers the perspectives of open government and information practitioners in England on the procedural and policy implications of open data, across local public authorities. Design/methodology/approach Using four case studies from different parts of the public sector in England (local government, higher education, National Health Service (NHS) and hospital trust), the research involved Masters level students in the data collection and analysis, alongside academics, thus enhancing the learning experience of students. Findings There was little consistency in the location of responsibility for open government data policy, the range of job roles involved, or the organizational structures, policy and guidance in place to deliver this function. While this may reflect the organizational differences and professional concerns, it makes it difficult to share best practice. Central government policy encourages public bodies to make their data available for re-use. However, local practice is very variable, and perhaps understandably responds more to local organizational strategic and resource priorities. A lack of common metadata standards for open data, different choices about which data to open, problems of data redundancy, inconsistency and data integrity and a wide variety of views on the corporate and public benefits of open data. Research limitations/implications The research is limited to England and to non-national public bodies and only draws data from a small number of case studies. Originality/value The research contributes to the debate about emerging issues around the complexities of open government data and its public benefits, contributing to the discussions around technology-enabled approaches to citizen engagement and governance. It offers new insights into the interaction between open data and public policy objectives, drawing on the experience of local public sectors in England.

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“…Complete and accurate metadata may also send a more general signal to users about the quality of the dataset (Hernandez-Perez, Rodriguez-Mateos, Martin-Galan, & Garcia-Moreno, 2009;Schuurman, Deshpande, & Allen, 2008;Xiong, Hu, Li, Tang, & Fan, 2011;Zuiderwijk et al, 2012): and the extent datasets appear as high quality is likely to be an important driver of their use (Vetrò et al, 2016). Indeed, research has shown that many initial open data releases lacked descriptions and important contextual information that would allow people to evaluate their quality (Bass et al, 2010;Peled, 2013;Thurston, 2012). These observations lead us to our fourth hypothesis: H4: Datasets with more complete metadata will be downloaded more Finally, there is the extent to which datasets are updated.…”

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Explaining Download Patterns in Open Government Data: Citizen participation or private enterprise?

Bright

Lee

Margetts

et al. 2019

IJEG

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Open data remains one of the most significant current trends in public administration, with hundreds of projects around the world seeking to open up stores of public sector information for future re-use for a wide range of hypothesized benefits, especially in terms of enabling citizen participation in government. However, as open data has grown, a critical literature has also emerged which questions who the true beneficiaries of open data are, as well as highlighting the high costs it places on government. Hence, systematic research on the actual outcomes of open data projects is urgently needed. This article seeks to contribute to this area. Based on a unique observational dataset scraped from the website data.gov.uk, this article seeks to explain the factors which promote greater levels of downloads of open government data, and thus shed light on the types of values which are actually supported by such programs. We show that downloads of datasets relevant for private sector enterprise far outnumber downloads of data which could enhance citizen participation through stimulating either government transparency or government efficiency.We also show that well updated datasets with high quality metadata are more likely to be Explaining Download Patterns in Open Government Data 2 downloaded. We conclude by supporting currently developing calls for prioritization in open government data programs.

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Trustworthy Records and Open Data

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The Kenyan Judiciary’s Open Government Initiative: prospects and challenges

The Kenyan Judiciary’s Open Government Initiative: prospects and challenges

Open government data: critical information management perspectives

Explaining Download Patterns in Open Government Data: Citizen participation or private enterprise?

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