Open government data, uncertainty and coronavirus: An infodemiological case study

Yiannakoulias, Nikolaos; Slavik, Catherine E.; Sturrock, Shelby L.; Darlington, John

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113549

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“…Thirdly, in the case of open data, the quality and reliability of the data is not of least importance. There is a number of studies on this issue, where one of the new studies related to the topic [ 45 ] points to inaccuracies in the OGD pandemic data with low short-term decision-making value. The authors therefore encourage data publishers to highlight the uncertainties associated with these data, because while the OGD can increase government transparency and accountability, it is essential to ensure that the public is properly informed about the uncertainty associated with these data.…”

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“…However, there are researchers who are not so positive and are of the opinion that, in some cases, more precisely in the case of COVID-19 OGD, it is not clear whether any data opened provides anything useful beyond adding to the reputations of governments for becoming more open and transparent [ 45 ]. In their analysis a case study of Canada is proposed to assess the value of open SARS-CoV-2 positive case numbers.…”

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Smarter Open Government Data for Society 5.0: Are Your Open Data Smart Enough?

Nikiforova

2021

Sensors

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Nowadays, governments launch open government data (OGD) portals that provide data that can be accessed and used by everyone for their own needs. Although the potential economic value of open (government) data is assessed in millions and billions, not all open data are reused. Moreover, the open (government) data initiative as well as users’ intent for open (government) data are changing continuously and today, in line with IoT and smart city trends, real-time data and sensor-generated data have higher interest for users. These “smarter” open (government) data are also considered to be one of the crucial drivers for the sustainable economy, and might have an impact on information and communication technology (ICT) innovation and become a creativity bridge in developing a new ecosystem in Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0. The paper inspects OGD portals of 60 countries in order to understand the correspondence of their content to the Society 5.0 expectations. The paper provides a report on how much countries provide these data, focusing on some open (government) data success facilitating factors for both the portal in general and data sets of interest in particular. The presence of “smarter” data, their level of accessibility, availability, currency and timeliness, as well as support for users, are analyzed. The list of most competitive countries by data category are provided. This makes it possible to understand which OGD portals react to users’ needs, Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0 request the opening and updating of data for their further potential reuse, which is essential in the digital data-driven world.

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Smarter Open Government Data for Society 5.0: Are Your Open Data Smart Enough?

Nikiforova

2021

Sensors

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“…In addition, focusing on the timeliness of open data on 52 portals in 60 countries, Nikiforova [26] shows that open data affects developing knowledge, values, and solutions to settle the pandemics. Yiannakoulias et al [27] state that open government data could increase transparency and accountability in governance. Open data can be helpful not only to fulfil states' interests but also to benefit society.…”

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The Impacts of Open Government Initiatives to Deal with COVID-19: A Learning from Local Government

Khomsani¹

2022

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Social and Political Enquiries, ICISPE 2021, 14-15 September 2021, Semarang,

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Many previous studies have confirmed that collaboration and transparency are the best ways to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The state must involve other actors such as local governments and civil society in drafting laws, implementing COVID-19 programs, and exercising controls. This article examines the experience of the City of Semarang in applying the principles of open government in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. This article is qualitative research that combined a systematic literature review and data collected from an in-depth interview, scientific journal, report, and website related to the article's topic. This article focuses on the government city and the local civil organisation's efforts to initiate open government initiatives and implement them in its agendas to deal with the pandemic COVID-19. The article concludes that the two actors has agreed to implement open government initiatives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as those principles has positive impacts handling the pandemic. This article also notice that various factors are still hampering the implementation of open government. For future research agenda, it is important to analysis how to deal with the obstacles.

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“…Thus, a critical appraisal of the foundation of decision and policy-making is essential: the epidemiological COVID-19 data collected and reported to the public. Several authors have already commented on challenges related to accurate COVID-19 disease surveillance and modelling of the epidemic situation [ 1 – 3 ].…”

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Limitations of Canadian COVID-19 data reporting to the general public

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J Public Health Pol

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Canadian coronavirus (COVID-19) case statistics reported by governmental bodies and news outlets are central to inform the public and to guide health policy. We searched Canadian governmental and news outlets websites to determine how COVID-19 case statistics were reported to the general public, whether they were reported with appropriate denominators, data sources, and accounted for age, sex, and race or ethnicity. Canadian COVID-19 data reporting practices were found to have limited utility due to varying case definitions, heterogeneous and dynamic testing criteria, lack of appropriate standardization accounting for dynamics, sizes, and characteristics of the populations being tested. Population-wide representative COVID-19 testing should be implemented to enable accurate estimation of the scale and dynamics of the epidemiological situation. Comprehensive COVID-19 data on underrepresented and marginalized populations should be collected and reported in an effort to develop equitable health policies.

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Open government data, uncertainty and coronavirus: An infodemiological case study

Cited by 11 publications

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Smarter Open Government Data for Society 5.0: Are Your Open Data Smart Enough?

Smarter Open Government Data for Society 5.0: Are Your Open Data Smart Enough?

The Impacts of Open Government Initiatives to Deal with COVID-19: A Learning from Local Government

Limitations of Canadian COVID-19 data reporting to the general public

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