scholarly journals Open Government Data Systems: Learning from a Public Utility Perspective

Author(s):  
Jonathan Crusoe ◽  
Anneke Zuiderwijk ◽  
Ulf Melin
2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charalampos Alexopoulos ◽  
Euripides Loukis ◽  
Yannis Charalabidis

Government agencies all over the world are making big investments for developing information systems that open important data they possess to the society, in order to be used for scientific, commercial and political purposes. It is important to understand what value they create and how, and at the same time - since this is a relatively new type of information systems (IS) - to identify the main improvements they require. This paper contributes in this direction by presenting a methodology for determining the value generation mechanism of open government data (OGD) systems and also priorities for their improvement. It is based on the estimation of a ?value model? of the OGD system under evaluation from users? ratings, which consists of several value dimensions and their corresponding value measures, organized in three ?value layers?, and also the relations among them. The proposed methodology has been successfully applied to an OGD system developed as part of the European project ENGAGE (?An Infrastructure for Open, Linked Governmental Data Provision towards Research Communities and Citizens?), and provided interesting insights and improvement priorities. This first application provides evidence that our methodology can be a useful decision support tool for important ODG systems investment, management and improvement decisions.


2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Edson Carlos Germano ◽  
Cesar Alexandre De Souza ◽  
Violeta Sun

After the adoption of open data policies by governments around the world, new business models began to explore the databases opened and create new products and services that may or not generate revenue for its providers. From this scenario, this study aimed to understand the business models adopted by service providers that use open government databases or databases built from public data and data captured by tools resulting from these new products and services. Therefore, we analyzed seven cases of businesses awarded in prizes that had evaluation criteria such as innovation, technology and services to the population. This qualitative study aimed to identify evidences of phenomena relating to the use of open government databases, the participation of these service providers in the open government data value chain and features present in their business models that could be replicated in new cases. The main findings revealed that business models need to create databases that standardize and integrate the various data sources applied before using this data into their tools offered to users. Products and services were designed to assess the monitoring and supervision of public administration and contribute to an improvement in the use of public utility by the tool users. We also identified that business models linked to activities such as provision of utilities, building of groups around a common theme, socio economic development and social participation in public management.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (15) ◽  
pp. 5204
Author(s):  
Anastasija Nikiforova

Nowadays, governments launch open government data (OGD) portals that provide data that can be accessed and used by everyone for their own needs. Although the potential economic value of open (government) data is assessed in millions and billions, not all open data are reused. Moreover, the open (government) data initiative as well as users’ intent for open (government) data are changing continuously and today, in line with IoT and smart city trends, real-time data and sensor-generated data have higher interest for users. These “smarter” open (government) data are also considered to be one of the crucial drivers for the sustainable economy, and might have an impact on information and communication technology (ICT) innovation and become a creativity bridge in developing a new ecosystem in Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0. The paper inspects OGD portals of 60 countries in order to understand the correspondence of their content to the Society 5.0 expectations. The paper provides a report on how much countries provide these data, focusing on some open (government) data success facilitating factors for both the portal in general and data sets of interest in particular. The presence of “smarter” data, their level of accessibility, availability, currency and timeliness, as well as support for users, are analyzed. The list of most competitive countries by data category are provided. This makes it possible to understand which OGD portals react to users’ needs, Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0 request the opening and updating of data for their further potential reuse, which is essential in the digital data-driven world.


Author(s):  
Lei Zheng ◽  
Wai-Min Kwok ◽  
Vincenzo Aquaro ◽  
Xinyu Qi ◽  
Wenzeng Lyu

Author(s):  
HuiYan Ho ◽  
Sheuwen Chuang ◽  
Niann-Tzyy Dai ◽  
Chia-Hsin Cheng ◽  
Wei-Fong Kao

Author(s):  
Evangelos Kalampokis ◽  
Efthimios Tambouris ◽  
Konstantinos Tarabanis

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