open data

Defining Data

Open Data is defined as, "raw data generated or collected by government agencies made freely available for use by the public..." Read more

How does the data policy define Data? Openness? Public? Protected? (Quote definitions if appropriate)

Los Angeles Executive Directive

Profiling an Open Data Policy

Standards

The data in the Open Data Portal must:

Be able to be found by "commonly used Internet search applications"
Machine readable and "platform independent"
Free to the

Describe any technical standards with which agencies must comply.

Privacy

The policy states the City Data must be consistent with the California Public Records Act and the Oakland Sunshire Oridinance in both the citizens right to information and privacy. Read more

How does the policy address data privacy or security?

Requirements

Within 3 months of the effecitve date, each department must appoint a Data Coordinator

Within 6 months, each department must begin conducting reviews on their progress of putting data on the...Read more

Summarize the main requirements that the data policy sets forth. Describe any time restrictions placed on these requirements.

San Francisco Open Data Policy

Profiling an Open Data Policy

Breaking News: Los Angeles Hires Chief Innovation Officer

https://www.govtech.com/local/Breaking-News-Los-Angeles-Hires-Chief-Innovation-O…

Year One: Oakland Rising

https://sync-magazine.com/2016/city-of-oakland/

The policy states that the City does not claim that the data is fit, complete, accurate, or timely for any particular purpose. The specifically say the are responsible for faults on the Open Data...Read more