Government agencies are undergoing a culture change – they’re moving towards their data being ‘open by design’. At a recent workshop international expert Ellen Broad explained what open data is and outlined some of the considerations for agencies that are opening up their data.
Agendas of meetings of the Data Ethics Advisory Group.
Have you ever wondered what NZGOAL is and how it applies to you or how it can benefit you?
Do you work for a government agency and…
A cross-government review, undertaken in 2018, of how government uses algorithms to improve the lives of New Zealanders.
This paper explores barriers currently preventing agencies from providing more open data that is comparable and interoperable.
The terms of reference for the Data Ethics Advisory Group outline the purpose, role, and membership of the Group.
ContentsIntroduction and context
Copyright, databases and datasets
The law as stated in NZGOAL
Developments since NZGOAL was approved in 2010
Suitability of Creative Commons licences for copyright databases and datasets
Consideration…
1. What is NZGOAL?NZGOAL is an open access and open licensing framework that promotes the release for re-use of non-personal copyright works and non-copyright material held…
Getting started
Don’t repeat yourself
Where and how to publicly release your code?
What to include in your first code release
Working in the open
Safe configuration practices
Release early and often
Version…
At the closing of the Open Government Data Programme, Stats NZ commissioned Martin Jenkin to carry out an independent review of the Open Data Programme. The…