ep45 - The Problem with Open Data

Stories from the Open Gov

aimee whitcroft (lower case "a" and "w" is how she writes her name) is the Open Data lead for the Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency as well as an advisory Board member for the Open Data Charter. Derek Alton is a fellow at Newspeak House in London, England, a public servant for the Canadian government, and President for the Canadian Open Data Society. Both share a passion and keen ability at transforming how government governs. And today we explore this question: "What is the problem with Open Data" Time stamps: 1:34 - What is the Problem with Open Data? 13:30 - Do we need to change how we talk about data? 16:48 - Are documentaries moving the needle when it comes to data? 31: 18 - Open Data as filmmaking analogy, part 1 37:55 - Is it important for everyone to know that Open Data is a thing? 41:22 - Open Data as a filmmaking analogy, part 2 44:56 - Are large private companies becoming the government of the future? 48:53 - Contextualizing what the Coronavirus has done for the Open Gov & Open Data movements. aimee Whitcroft Twitter account twitter.com/teh_aimee Derek Alton Twitter Account twitter.com/derekalton Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/