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HELLO

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Hi there!

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According to the Sunlight Foun-dation 94% of all government IT projects that cost more than $10m fail--either delivered late, over budget or flat don’t work.

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Based on industry norms, less than 50 per cent of IT projects finish on time and on budget.

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● How do you bridge the gap between the public’s expectations and needs and governments’ ability to deliver?

● How do we help government make use of a revolutionary new toolset that is increasingly critical to the practice of governing?

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Government Can Work!

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adopt a tree

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DATA SETS

You can access the City of Melbourne Open Data Platform through:

https://data.melbourne.vic.gov.au/

A review of the data platform has already gone up, comparing it to open data

programs from Barcelona, Singapore, and New York: How Smart Cities are

Promoting API Usage. Particular sets of interest;

Bio-Blitz: Citizen Science Project

Helping Out: Support Services

Community Food

Urban Forest

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AREAS OF FOCUS

The sorts of themes that may be explored through

Melbourne GovHack are:

Celebration of Aboriginal Melbourne

Intergenerational Skill Exchange

Passive Smoking Harm Minimisation

(with Vic Dept. of Health and Human Services)

Climate Change Adaptation or Resilience

Laneways and Place-Making

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DATA SETS

Mapping: Biodiversity Building and Planning Dog Zones Services Cultural Areas Masterplans

Other: Economic Indicators RSS Feed: Events, Community Directory Visitor Centre Statistics Health (Barwon Health) Raw Carbon reduction (Futureproofing Geelong) Waste Pet Stats Car Parking Stats

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AREAS OF FOCUS

The sorts of themes that may be explored through

Geelong GovHack are:

City Growth

Services

Business

What’s happening in Geelong and Rebranding

Health

Digital Inclusion

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DATA SETS

Some of the datasets we have in the pipeline: Tactile Ground Surface Indicators CCTV Camera Locations Shared Pathways Car counts Planning applications Food outlets and activity Old Corner Shops Events Car Parks

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AREAS OF FOCUS

The sorts of themes that may be explored through

Ballarat GovHack are:

Ballarat Strategy and Planning

Mobility and Accessibility

Ballarat Historic Urban Landscape

Waste Management and Education

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1) Governments have also discovered that open data can make them operate more ef-ficiently.

2) With data you can make smart decisions.

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transparency, efficiency and stronger relationships

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$3 trillion in additional value annually

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Next meetup Wednesday August 12th @TeamSquare

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