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For questions about government-related datasets. If relevant, please also specify the country in a separate tag.
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Is there a roadmap for opening all the data for a city or municipality?
In February of 2012, Chicago partnered with Chapin Hall to produce a catalog of the City's Data. In the initial agreement, Chapin Hall would deliver in eighteen months, so the data catalog might be do …
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Where can I find normalized data on governmental spending on science?
Try the OECD's Main Science and Technology Indicators
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How do you respond when government says it should be selling its data, not opening it?
Depending upon the situation, you could respond by saying
That violates the applicable FOIA law which usually says that records must be provided only at the cost of responding to the request. This m …
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How do you respond when government cites costs for not releasing data?
For point one, I would probe more. Custom programming to get data out, a portal, what?
For point two, I try to make sure if it's actually true. Try to get the details of the software they are using …
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How do you respond when government cites time concerns for not releasing data?
These seems like objections for a government that hasn't started making data public. If that's the case, then the key thing is go get them to make a start. … When a government is getting started, they don't need a dedicated open data web site. They can just make a new page on one of their existing sites with links. …
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How do you respond when government says it needs more proven results to release data?
It demonstrates the reality of the premise that if you release these data then people will do things with it, and that the government will get good press for making the data available. …
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Is there an open standard for the CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Finance Report)?
There does not seem to be a separate data standard for CAFR, but you may want to consider XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language).
The State of Oregon piloted providing CAFR in XBRL format and …
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Appealing a "Mosaic Effect" restriction?
Government Policy on Open Data Memo directs agencies to take into account the "mosaic effect."
Theoretically, it seems like the mosaic effect could justify the restriction of almost any data. …
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Do US banks have reporting requirements for public money they hold?
If so, how could I find which banks hold the money for a particular local government? …
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What cities provide open data on rental building bylaw infractions?
The City of Chicago publishes building violations: https://data.cityofchicago.org/Buildings/Building-Violations/22u3-xenr
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Government shutdown causing linked open data to go away
Archive.org might have already crawled the site for you. Check out the Way Back Machine: http://wayback.archive.org/web/query?type=urlquery&url=&Submit=Go+Wayback!
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Download shapefile with electric substation data at state or county level for the United States
Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data: Electric Substations
This feature class/shapefile represents electric power substations
primarily associated with electric power transmission. In t …
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