Open Government Platform of the Future

Nik Garkusha

Hi Im Nik Garkusha from OpenHalton

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Milton &

Makes Sense !

Open Data

Ill be sharing some thoughts on why Open Data is good for Milton

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Govt as a Platform

Government as a Platform

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Govt as a Platform

Provide the foundation, others can build on it

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weather

$1.5B

Weather data - $1.5 B Private Industry in the US

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$39B

EU research study for Public Sector Information (PSI) represents a mean value of $39B annually across the EU alone.

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BurlingtonCalgaryEdmontonFrederictonGuelphHamiltonLangleyLondonMedicine HatMississaugaMontrealNanaimoNiagara FallsOttawaPrince GeorgeSurreyTorontoVanvcouverWindsor

Cities across Canada deploying Open Data portals

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Vancouver

Vancouver open data

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Ottawa

Ottawa

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Toronto

Toronto Open Data

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100K

85K

62K

Smaller cities do it too some very well, using existing web portals some using open source software & low cost cloud services

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How does all this make sense to Milton?

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1. improve services

Potentially to dramatically improve services at a MINIMUM cost

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recollect.net

Providing new / extra services to citizensThe infamous VanTrash project that transformed into ReCollect a service to remind you of your garbage & recycling days across multiple devicesSends you SMS, email and even calls your phone

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parkfinder.ottawadogblog.ca

Improving on ways to find information about citys facilities & services:Dog Park Finder in Ottawa built by a local company for a Dog Blog in Ottawa

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openhamilton.ca

Improving ways to find information across several sources:Hamiltons Dowsing integrating data for swimming facilities

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Improving ways to access transit Information:Toronto Transit access to HUNDREDS of applications b/c of standard format (GTFS)

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Lots of opportunity for Milton

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2. cut costs

Opportunity to cut costs.

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50% less requests

Efficiencies for EXTERNAL requests (50% less requests as reported by Dave Wallace, CIO of Toronto)

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40% internal costs

Improving data exchange between govt agencies.

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seeclickfix.ca

Ways to harness / crowd-source information gathering about fixing municipal servicesSolutions like See-click-fix that are looking to solve that bridging citizen- and govt-led services

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openhalton.ca/flu

Reduce call volume and number of inquiries about services: -- FALL/WINTERProviding information, directions, etc. on regions services

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openhalton.ca/bulingtonparks

Reduce call volume and number of inquiries about services: -- SPRING/SUMMERFacilities / Field information from BURLINGTON PILOT

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Cutting costs of providing up-to-date / essential information to citizens like during the heatwave last SUMMERMilton Splash

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Lots of way to save costs on printing more frequently / website updates / flyer creation just make the data availableIt already exists in maps & community guides.

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3. engage community

First lets talk about Open Gov as a movement its WW and its

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Provide data for citizens to engage with their local councilors with.Important topicsCivil Discourse

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Talking about finding who your councilor is another great opportunity to enhance that experience + connect citizens.

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wardrep.ca

and our own OpenHalton project WardRep.ca - It mashes up Council & City Ward informationand shows you this for an address in Guelph, London, Hamilton & Milton

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This is where WARDREP (and many of the other apps) were built local hackathons

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Nanaimo

City of nanaimo, opendatabc, nanaimo IT workers - part of Relying on citizen communities requires knowing how to:Empowering the culture of these communities (foster communities)

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Engage Community

Efficiencies & Costs

Improve Services

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Open Gov =

Makes PoliticalSense

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Open =

MakesSense

Data =

Business

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NIK GARKUSHA

OpenHalton.ca

twitter: @nik_gnik@openhalton.ca

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