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GOVHACK TRUST AND OPEN DATAGCA 2015: THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

STEPH MELLORUser-centred design thinker and geek advocate

WHAT IS GOVHACK?1. We fill a room with as many developers + visualisation, user

experience, and graphic designers + data, augmented reality, and open government enthusiasts as we can.

2. We set them loose on government data sets to create new mashups, data visualisations, apps and ideas.

3. We provide them with government data custodians, technology mentors, developer tools and support, and copious amounts of free wi-fi, food and caffeine.

4. We round them up after 46 hours and make them fight for our love and approval check out what they made.

GCA 2015: The brave new world of government communications – GOVHACK


GOV n. short for ‘government’

HACK v. omg they’re accessing the mainframe

TRUST n. the ability to rely on someone

OPEN DATA n. data. in the open.

OMG.


vs.

Malicious meddling

Free-spirited creation

Cracking. Hacking.


Oh. ok cool. GCA 2015: The brave new world of government communications – GOVHACK

GOV n. short for ‘government’

HACK v. to make cool sh*t because we can

TRUST n. the ability to rely on someone

OPEN DATA n. data. in the open.

because it’s fun

to make things better


So, GOVHACK = Hacking with government data to make things better.

And because it’s fun.

And because y not?

Maybe… even because we should.


WHAT KIND OF THINGS?(all kinds of things)


BUT…

GovHack needs TRUST

and OPEN DATA


OLD MODEL• leading / governing from above

• paternalistic: government knows best

• not needing people until election time

• limited citizen input and participation

• control trumps collaboration

• presumes and perpetuates mistrust


NEW MODEL• governing from beside citizens

• leading to expand freedom and choice

• participatory and citizen-centric

• based on a politics of truth

• technology and data enabled

• presumes and perpetuates trust


NEW MODEL

TRUST

TRANSPARENCY

OPENNESS


• I want to do it myself

• I want to do it where I am

• I want to use my own tools

• I want to feel engaged

• I want to have impact

• I want personal relevance

• We want to be legitimate

• We want to be effective

• We want to be responsive

• We want to understand and be

understood

• We want to enable and support


LET’S ALIGN

But,

like…

OMG.


Oh. right. GCA 2015: The brave new world of government communications – GOVHACK

COURAGE, MY FRIENDS.And we will win great victories.


OPEN DATAData that is…

• comprehensive and high quality

• useful and interesting to people

• in an understandable, practical format

• easily available to anyone


and therefore has…

…integrity

…value

…usability

…accessibility

We have the skills, the

time and the will…

We have the ideas…

we just need the data…


DATA

We have the data, the

collection, the storage, and

the expertise…

we just need ideas and

resources.

GOV HACK+

DATA

We use and manipulate the data to build useful

and cool things.

We provide the data, so the people can see it

and do more with it


=

CUSTODIANS

COMPETITORS

BUT WE DON’T HAS DATA?Sure you do.


IT’S A BRAVE NEW WORLD.


IT’S A COOL NEW WORLD.

HOW TO PLAY• Identify your data

• Get it into an open and accessible format

• Talk to your state or local GovHack organisers

• Promote your involvement. And your data.


WWW.GOVHACK.ORG3-5 July 2015


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