Openness & open government
Openness is a decision about power: who gets access to which knowledge, and who decides that?
Open Knowledge
Free knowledge or open knowledge is a middle way between classic, strict copyright law and the all-permitting public domain.
Open Government
Open government stands for the opening up of government and administration to the population and the economy. This should contribute to more transparency, more participation, more intensive cooperation, more innovation and a strengthening of community interests.
Open Data
Free access to scientific and non-personal official data (open data) promises the creation and further development of social and economic added value. In short, open data is the demand for the publication of data sets in a structured, machine-readable form or via an open interface so that they can be accessed, processed and disseminated.
Further information can be found at openall.info
What you get
Trust
Traceable decisions strengthen the relationship with the public.
Independence
Open standards and open source keep you free of single vendors.
Reusability
Open data can be reused, including by partners nobody had in mind.
Legal certainty
Licences, data protection and publication processes properly settled.
Process
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Review
What holdings exist, and what may leave the house?
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Strategy
Goals, priorities, action plan.
- 3
Prepare
Formats, metadata, licences, anonymisation.
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Operate
Publication processes that survive everyday work.
What this costs
Billed by person-day, as a senior consultant. I will tell you the day rate in our first conversation, together with an estimate of how many days your project needs. Both binding, before you decide.
Small pieces of work I bill at a fixed price where the scope can be drawn clearly. I will tell you which of the two comes out cheaper.
Related services
Open data needs an interface
A portal only becomes useful once people find what they are looking for. That is what map applications and considered interfaces are for.