Understanding Open Data Policy: Evidence from Bulgaria

Gerunov, Anton

doi:10.1080/01900692.2016.1186178

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“…For instance, five categories of OGD adoption barriers have been identified earlier: Institutional (absence of a uniform policy for publicizing data; lack of a suitable process for dealing with user input, etc. Also, technological and cultural barriers have been identified as potential deterrents in ensuring the success of the OGD initiatives (Gerunov, 2017). ), Use and participation (no incentive for the users; Need to register and pay a fee for accessing data, etc.…”

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“…While the implementation barriers are linked with the challenges of rolling out of the OGD initiative, the barriers to use are the ones that prevent the stakeholder participation and active engagement by reusing the published data sets for value creation. Also, technological and cultural barriers have been identified as potential deterrents in ensuring the success of the OGD initiatives (Gerunov, 2017). Further, the challenge of ensuring transparency while publishing data sets has been underlined in the case of government-citizen interaction via communications technology (Bannister & Connolly, 2011).…”

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Barriers to Open Government Data (OGD) initiative in Tanzania: Stakeholders’ perspectives

Shao

Saxena

2018

Growth and Change

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Open Government Data (OGD) initiatives are picking up across the globe with their emphasis upon the tenets of transparency, collaboration, and participation. While much of the research has remained confined at unraveling the theoretical and conceptual dimensions of OGD, empirical investigations are visibly lacking, especially in the African context. Using a qualitative research methodology, we analyze the responses received from relevant stakeholders-representatives from public and private sector-regarding their views about the OGD initiative in Tanzania. Our findings show that the OGD initiative in Tanzania is in an emerging stage and there are barriers (organizational, social, legal, and technical) toward instituting a robust OGD initiative in the country. Further, we find that there is inertia among the government departments in terms of publishing data sets. Our findings provide a sounding board for further research on the sustainability of OGD initiatives in Tanzania and the other African countries, by and large. K E Y

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Barriers to Open Government Data (OGD) initiative in Tanzania: Stakeholders’ perspectives

Shao

Saxena

2018

Growth and Change

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“…and "What are the main lessons for Iran, Lebanon and Jordan as far OGD implementation is concerned?" (Janssen, 2012;Meijer et al, 2012) Cost (time and money) entailed in accessing public information (Lafleur, 2014) Challenges of accessing OGD where there is bar to access such data owing to privacy concerns Questionable data owing to poor quality (Gerunov, 2017) Social, economic, politico-legal, technical, infrastructural and other exogenous and endogenous challenges (Wong and Welch, 2004) 3. Research approach A qualitative research approach using a documentary analysis has been adopted in the study where besides contributing to conceptual understanding of OGD implementation, evidences shall be drawn to substantiate the arguments.…”

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“…The two models selected for the present study have been recently used in research. For instance, the stage model of Kalampokis and his colleagues (Kalampokis et al, 2011) has been recently used to appreciate the OGD initiatives of Bulgaria (Gerunov, 2017) and the open data provision model of Sieber and Johnson (2015) was invoked to appreciate the OGD frameworks of the GCC countries (Saxena, 2017).…”

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Open Government Data (OGD) in Iran, Lebanon and Jordan: a comparative approach

Saxena

2018

VJIKMS

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Purpose The main aim of this study is to do a comparison of Open Government Data (OGD) frameworks in Iran, Lebanon and Jordan and underscore the prospects and challenges in OGD implementation. Design/methodology/approach Basing itself on two OGD models offered by Kalampokis and his colleagues (Kalampokis et al., 2011) and Sieber and Johnson (2015) and the typology of “good” and “bad” data based on factors such as “usability”, “findability” and “understandability”, the study uses a documentary analysis for generating evidences by scanning the websites linked with OGD across the three countries. Following a qualitative methodology, countries shall be classified in terms of these models and the typology depending upon their OGD nature and scope. Findings OGD adoption in Iran, Lebanon and Jordan is at a nascent stage, and the OGD nature is of the “bad” type. These countries have merely “aggregated data” over their Web interfaces which are incomplete, outdated and do not permit analytics. Besides, there are a number of challenges which need to be overcome for proper OGD adherence. Nevertheless, there are a lot of prospects for harnessing OGD for improved citizen–government interaction by creating a culture of transparency, collaboration and accountability. Practical implications The study holds immense significance for government bodies to appreciate the potential of OGD which would go a long way to add social and economic value to propel the country’s growth. Originality/value No study has been conducted so far which compares Iran, Lebanon and Jordan in terms of their OGD policies; this is the main contribution of the study. Also, conceding the significance of the three countries in terms of their socio-economic indices, academic research is warranted in relation to these countries.

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“…It looks like the data from the multiple central-level reports/Ministry/ agency code of conduct in publications. Gerunov (2017) stated that an audit shows that the complete data reveals the cultural and technological barriers, which became the primary factor to publish public information on a timely and regular basis (case in Bulgaria). But their persistence continues to change and look for the potential so in a way to make strategic policy contained in the Action Plan and the Strategy for Administrative Development 2014-2020 to promote transparency and the legitimacy of democracy and demonstration of open data portal.…”

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Negative Effects of Open Government: A Meta-Theory Analysis (Good Governance in Relation to Open Government Initiatives)

Andhika¹

2017

J. Bina Praja

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Many studies merely focus on discussing the benefits of open government, but the negative effects of open government in a variety of published literary works are limited. The advantages of open government are for citizens to get easier access to data and government activity, regulation, and policies. A particular purpose of the research explores the conceptual theoretic from a variety of scientific literature and to understand the negative effects of open government. The method in this research article is a synthesis of qualitative research approach to meta-theory analysis. Data in the research is processed deductively from a variety of scientific literature. The results of the research study aim to explain open government, or open data is not necessarily to generate transparency in government activities. Participation and collaboration in some cases are still considered yet they significantly support open government. It is because a concept may not be appropriate in different places that were affected by the characteristics of the socio-cultural, economic, and democracy of a nation.

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Understanding Open Data Policy: Evidence from Bulgaria

Cited by 14 publications

References 5 publications

Barriers to Open Government Data (OGD) initiative in Tanzania: Stakeholders’ perspectives

Barriers to Open Government Data (OGD) initiative in Tanzania: Stakeholders’ perspectives

Open Government Data (OGD) in Iran, Lebanon and Jordan: a comparative approach

Negative Effects of Open Government: A Meta-Theory Analysis (Good Governance in Relation to Open Government Initiatives)

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