Table of Contents

• Home
• 1. Big Data Meets Open Government
• 2. Civic Hacking By Example
• 2.1. The Hacker Communities
• 2.2. Visualizing Metro Ridership
• 3. Applications to Open Government
• 3.1. Sunlight as a Disinfectant
• 3.2. Democratizing Legal Information
• 3.3. Informing Policy Decisions
• 3.4. Consumer Products
• 4. A Brief Legal History of Open Government Data
• 5. Principles of Open Government Data
• 5.1. 17 Principles
• 5.1.1. Principles 1–4: The Basic Principles
• 5.1.2. Principle 5: Data Format Matters
• 5.1.3. Principles 6–8: Universality of Use
• 5.1.4. Principles 9–12: Publishing Data
• 5.1.5. Principles 13–17: On The Openness Process
• 5.1.6. Other Practical Guidelines for Web Pages and Databases
• 5.2. Data Quality: Precision, Accuracy, and Cost
• 5.3. Case Studies
• 5.3.1. House Disbursements
• 6. Paradoxes in Open Government
• 6.1. Unintended Consequences and the Limits of Transparency
• 6.2. Looking for Corruption in All the Wrong Places
• 6.3. Conclusion
• 7. Example Policy Language
• 7.1. Open Government Data Definition: The 8 Principles of Open Government Data
• 7.2. OKF’s Open Knowledge Definition
• 7.3. Vancouver Open Data Motion
• 7.4. San Francisco Open Data Policy
• 7.5. New Zealand Data and Information Management Principles
• 7.6. AusGOAL Qualities of Open Data
• 7.7. New Hampshire HB 418
• 7.8. Model Open Government Executive Directive
• 8. CHANGELOG