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“Making Public Data Public”: the Commercial opportunity with Public Sector Information (PSI). www.shaneoneill.co.uk. Our story today. Part 1 - the Walls of Jericho : evolution of a public policy Part 2 – the Promised Land? : what might it mean for you?. www.data.gov.uk.
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“Making Public Data Public”: the Commercial opportunity with Public Sector Information (PSI) www.shaneoneill.co.uk
Our story today • Part 1 - the Walls of Jericho : evolution of a public policy • Part 2 – the Promised Land? : what might it mean for you? www.data.gov.uk EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Why PSI is important... • European Union the public sector accounts it accounts for 42% to 59% of GDP • 25% of B2B information is PSI derived • Can be high value: • data • authoritative • uncontested (registrations etc) • becoming more free ly available • Now the focus of a concerted drive to make more accessible EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Cross party • “our plans to open up government data and spending information will not only help us to cut wasteful spending, it will also create an estimated £6 billion in additional value for the UK.” • - Manifesto April 2010 • “Information is the key. An informed citizen is a powerful citizen.” • - 7 December 2009 EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Queen’s speech...”Right to Data Act” “The Right to Data Act will give members of the public a legally enforceable ‘Right to Data’, so that the public has the right to appeal if public bodies refuse requests for data collected by government. This radical policy will help transform the culture of the public sector from one that presumes secrecy to one that presumes datasets should be open and shared with the public on an ongoing basis. By releasing data that can be used by businesses and social enterprises, the Right to Data Act will provide a multi-billion pound boost to the UK economy.” EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Part 1: The Walls of Jericho Policy evolution EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Regulation drivers • Open democracy – empowering the citizen • Competition law – liberating markets Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 1515 The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Efficiency & Innovation • Need to make Government more efficient • Elimination of 2800+ websites • Government and citizen transact digitally • Industry utilise PSI Gershon EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
“...in principle Yes Minister, but in practice....” EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
...fundamental issues of public sector commercial self interest and culture... EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Trading Funds • Government: • Trading Funds • Importance in terms of £££ • But more so in terms of efficiency & culture • OS particularly important: • Civil defence/disaster planning • Everything happens in a place • Growth of geo-spatial applications EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
OS waves the rules • Restrictive licencing • Very expensive • Further restrictions on derived data • Offended basic principles of regulations and policy • Differential pricing • Cross subsidy • Lack of transparency • Anti-competitive behaviour EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Years of reports.... • OFT report and Cambridge report estimated value of UK PLC of less restrictive licencing of PSI = £1 billion p.a. (i.e. Double the revenues of the Trading Funds) • Recommended simpler licencing, stronger regulation and transparency between public task and commercial operations of Government bodies • Plainspeak: open up the data, do away with restrictive licencing and you’ll get more in tax revenues than in Trading Funds profit Commercial Use of Public Sector Information (CUPI), 2006 Models of Public Sector Information Provision via Trading Funds, 2008 EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Slugging it out... V EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
...deep cultural barriers... EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
...further pressure from Cabinet Office...& Power of Information report & Guardian’s Free Our Data EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Further tipping factors • Obama administration’s commitment to open and collaborative government – creation www.data.gov: • in May 2009, Data.gov had just 47 data sets. By April 2010, it had more than 168,000 • MPs expenses scandal, May 2009 – need to exemplify transparency EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
OFT Commercial Use of Public Information Power of Information Report Trading Funds Assessment Digital Britain Final Report Cambridge Report December 2006 April 2007 February 2008 November 2009 June 2009 EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
...final tipping factor... EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
The dialog went like this.... “Tim, what can UK PLC we do to unleash the power of the internet? “Put all your data online” “”OK, let’s do it” EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Walls of Jericho fall... • November 2009 – PM announces that key OS datasets should be free • January 2010 - Launch of Data Gov UK • OPSI simplifies licencing and introduces Creative Commons approach • COI leads new semantic web push for Government websites • April 2010: launch of OS OpenData & OpenSpace • May 2010: new Creative Commons public sector licencing EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
OS OpenData EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
OS OpenSpace EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Data Gov UK 3295 Datasets (15/05/10) US Data Gov went from 47 to 168,000 2009/10 EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
“Education” 289 datasets EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
“Prescriptions” 673 datasets EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Copyright simplified You are free: Live May 2010 to Share — to copy, publish and distribute the content to Adapt — to adapt the content With the following conditions: Acknowledgment — You need to say who originated the content wherever you publish it. You must not use the content in a deliberately misleading way. Read the full licence Creative Commons
OFT Commercial Use of Public Information Power of Information Report Trading Funds Assessment Digital Britain Final Report Putting The Frontline First: Smarter Government Making Public Data Public Data.Gov.uk OS Opendata Cambridge Report Tim Berners Lee: Government Advisor December 2006 April 2007 February 2008 November 2009 June 2009 June 2009 November 2009 – April 2010 EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Part 2: the Promised Land? What might it mean for you? EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Obstacles remain...but opportunities too • Large scale OS data still charged for • Future of PAF – postcode address file • Data Gov UK is just early (and tiny) sampling – a declaration of intent • Inertia/other preoccupations in Government departments • Difficulties for private sector in dealing with public sector • During time it will take, opportunities for early movers EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Credit rating & risk management • Companies House • Electoral Roll • County Court Decisions • Postcode address file • postcode + DVLA • plus any other searchable due diligence data PSI Publishing Recipes 1 EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Public Sector Information (PSI): • Environment Agency • BGS • Others • Own IP: • Historic mapping data • Mash up: • Reliable/ integrity/ accuracy/updated • Added Value tools: • Risk management / due diligence • Brand: • From scratch within 5 years • Workflow: • Addressed specific issue in target client workflow • High growth (now successful DMGT subsidiary) • Real barriers to entry PSI Publishing Recipes 2 EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Public Sector Information (PSI): • Department of Health • ONS • Health research sector • Others • Own IP: • Actually very little in terms of data • Mash up: • Risk adjustment / independence / reliability / updated • Added Value tools: • Healthcare management dashboards / performance management comparators • Brand: • From scratch within 5 years • Workflow: • Addressed specific issue in target client workflow • High growth (now 50% owned by Government) • Real barriers to entry – one chief competitor PSI Publishing Recipes 3 EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Bright ideas...? • Environment Agency pollutions data – plus geo-coding plus company hierarchy : ranking companies as part of CSR • DVLR where release of full (anonymised) geo-coded registration data would aid both automotive and general consumer profiling • HM Courts Services – where there is rafts of unreleased data round bankruptcies and winding up orders etc which would enrich company analyses • Others...? EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
Who we are EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
How we can help... • Identify opportunities within your markets & customer workflows – Your Place in the Value Chain workshop • Discover apposite PSI data opportunities • Develop relationships within public sector bodies • Navigate remaining issues: regulatory, cultural, licencing and contractual EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
What can you do? • having your own IP exclusively is great....but not enough • your true IP is your Brand & knowledge of your customer needs • Identify which of your customer problems your are trying to solve • & see if there is relevant public sector information which can enrich your customer experience and your own applications EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010
info@shaneoneill.co.uk www.shaneoneill.co.uk Office: 0208 747 0540 Mobile: 07710 350214 Skype: shanegoneill EPublishing Innovation Forum 2010