Executive Order 1-12, Section 1A, establishes an Open Data Working Group (ODWG) “to focus on transparency, accountability, participation, and collaboration within City government.”
The ODWG will “provide a forum to develop innovative ideas for promoting open government goals, including collaborations with researchers, the private sector, and the public, and for developing resolutions to issues raised through the public feedback mechanisms of the Open Government Portal.”
Among the primary objectives of this group will be the identification of data sets collected and maintained by units of government in Philadelphia to be released to outside consumers, and the development of a standard process for agencies to use in releasing such data.
The ODWG will have representation from data-intensive city departments, agencies and authorities as well as the Office of Innovation and Technology. Additional members may be added as needs arise or if questions about specific city data sets are raised by working group members.
The group will be chaired by the Chief Data Officer.
- Assist in reviewing data sets that are proposed for release by city departments, agencies and units of government.
- Begin identifying high value data sets that might be suitable for public release.
- Assist in the development of a standard process for units of government to publish data for use by outside data consumers.
- Assist in the development of a set of usage terms for consumers of city data (“terms of use”) to help govern how data is used.
- Provide input into the development of a common infrastructure for releasing data and promoting its use to outside consumers - common documentation, examples of how to use data, standard libraries & tools for interfacing with city data, etc.