transparency & open gov - princple->practice conundrum

Open Government & Transparency

- the Principle & Practice Conundrum

Jury Konga, PrincipaleGovFutures Group

June 28, 2016.

Transparency & OpenGov 2

Transparency – we have some Issues

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Transparency & Open Government

Transparency a core principle

Supports accountability & being participatory

Transparency key to building TRUST!

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City of Kitchener Open Government Framework


Open Government Partnership

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“We embrace principles of transparency and open government with a view toward achieving greater prosperity, well-being, and human dignity in our own countries and in an increasingly interconnected world. ”

OGP Launched in 2011 with 8 countries.Now has 69 countries participating.


Open Government Partnership

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UK Open Government National Action Plan 2016-18. May 12, 2016.

Canada’s Open Government Commitments2016-18. DRAFT: June 16, 2016. Feedback by June 30, 2016

New in 2016 Sub-National Membership

“… building a broader network of governments working to promote transparency and empower citizens”


Transparency – we have the framework

Principle & Policy Examples include

• Federal Access to Information

• Provincial & Municipal FOI

• Municipal Transparency & Accountability

• Ontario IPC “Privacy by Design” & “Access by Design”

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Transparency Principle -> Practice Conundrum

OPEN may create political issues

“Yes, I agree with Open government BUT how do I control it”- an elected official

Less Command & Control,More Open & Empower

OPEN everything can address trust issues with citizens

Joint responsibilities between government & citizens, civil societyJury Konga

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Transparency – What we need in Practice

Open Data is foundational for Open Government

Open Data pervasive – not a question of if … but rather when

First steps – current state assessment & pilot project … learn by doing

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Transparency – Open Data



Government processes are complex - inform

Open Decisions as part of an open ecosystem

Simplify flow – open the process to citizen input

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Transparency – Open Decisions

DRAFT

Community Input

Decisions based on Input & Government Goals Continuous

Improvement

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Community Activism



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Financial Transparency – Open Budgets

… we still have too many budgets in pdfs!

A tool for citizen engagement & accountability



Open contracts will help due diligence in creation

Post contract “gothcha” will be diminished

Open contracts creates trust with citizens

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Transparency – Open Contracts

Component of Canadian Federal DRAFT OGP Action Plan

“Pilot updating the buyandsell.gc.ca site to record the full details of contracts (in addition to awards), contract amendments, and the final termination of contracts.”



Data is core to government decision making

Data analyses use many equations/algorithms/filters

Difficult to assess government decisions without understanding underlying tools used

Free the algorithms!

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Transparency – Open Algorithms


Transparency – Action Today

Assessing openness of open data

Top 20 “City” datasets

67 “Open Data” local orgs

Provincial level coming in fall 2016

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Official launch of Canadian Local Open Data Censushttp://ca-city.census.okfn.org/

http://ca-city.census.okfn.org/

http://ca-city.census.okfn.org/


Transparency – the Road Ahead?

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Leadership needed to “Walk the Talk”

Full & honest engagement with Civil Society is imperative

Remove filters on selective #OpenGov

Culture change MUST happen

OPEN is the new forever rule


Thank you

Jury Konga

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Open Knowledge Canada, Ambassador

Open North, Associate

IPC “Access by Design” Ambassador

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