2.  What is it?  Broad range of activity: A new idea, technology or methodology that challenges and improves upon existing processes and systems, thereby improving the lives of citizens or the function of the society that they live within. (Alex Howard, Gov2.0 Correspondent for O’Reilly Media)

3.  Civic application development for local use  App development competitions, gamification  New ways to engage

6.  “All your data are belong to us”  Public information should be public  Greater transparency brings greater accountability  Citizens have good ideas, too

7.  Datasets that are made accessible in non-proprietary formats under licenses that permit unrestricted re-use (OKF – Open Knowledge Foundation, 2006).  Open government data involves governments providing many of their datasets online in this way.

8.  3 rd parties can innovate with open data, generating social and economic benefits.  Citizens and advocacy groups can use open government data to hold state institutions to account.  Data can be shared between institutions with less friction. (Tim Davies, PhD Candidate in Web Science Doctoral Training Centre, U. of Southampton)

9.  Crime mapping in Philadelphia  Bikeshare rides in Boston  Public transit in Atlanta  Blight in New Orleans  Pedestrian injuries in San Francisco  Green roofs in Chicago  Rat sightings in New York City  Tsunami sirens in Honolulu  Dangerous dogs in Austin  Fixed speed cameras in Baltimore

11.  Improving quality of life  Neighborhood improvement  Community development  Economic development & local investment

12.  Creating efficiency for and accountability in municipal management “I would love to find out where things are and what is happening, but the process to figure out where a case or complaint really is can be miserable“ –Libby Schaaf, Oakland City Council Member  Intergovernmental relations: breaking down silos, shared info and systems cuts costs, saves time, and helps departments run better

14.  Excellent position to take advantage of Open Data & passion for civic innovation  Connected to ground-level action, most intimate interaction with citizens  Passionate, values-driven staff  Issue experts  Services pick up where Gov leaves off  (Usually) retain trust of community

15.  Smaller environmental footprint – less paper and less energy  Shared costs of IT maintenance – after implementation, elimination of duplicative efforts  Increases accountability via transparency: eliminates bureaucratic waste

16.  Alameda County. Alameda County Data Sharing Initiative datasets: https://data.acgov.org/https://data.acgov.org/  CityCamp: http://citycamp.govfresh.com/http://citycamp.govfresh.com/  CityCamp Oakland: http://citycampoak.org/http://citycampoak.org/  Code for Oakland: http://codeforoakland.org/http://codeforoakland.org/  Engage Oakland online platform: http://www.engageoakland.com/ http://www.engageoakland.com/  Get the Data: http://getthedata.org/http://getthedata.org/  GovFresh: http://govfresh.com/http://govfresh.com/  Open Data Handbook: http://opendatahandbook.org/http://opendatahandbook.org/  OpenOakland: http://openoakland.org/http://openoakland.org/  San Francisco Data: https://data.sfgov.org/https://data.sfgov.org/  San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation: http://innovation.sfgov.org/ http://innovation.sfgov.org/  School of Data: http://schoolofdata.org/handbook/http://schoolofdata.org/handbook/