[kictanet] Government to Launch Open Data July 8th @KICC

[Paul Kukubo]

*Listers*

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*The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Information of
Communications will launch a new Government Open Data Portal on July 8, 2011
at the KICC that will, for the first time, make several large government
datasets available to the general public in an easy to search and view
format.*


The launch will be presided over by HE President Mwai Kibaki .


Program commences at 9.30 tomorrow.


The web portal will allow citizens and the private sector to search and
display national and county level data in graphs and maps and allow for easy
comparison and analysis between datasets. ****

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For web and software developers, the portal will avail data in useable
formats like cvs, Excel and will even include APIs for each dataset.****

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The portal will be one of the first and largest government data portals in
sub-Saharan Africa. With this launch, Kenya will become a leader among
developing countries in the adoption of open data - a movement that is
gathering momentum globally.   ****

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*What is open data?*****

Public information and searchable information are two different things. Much
public data is already available by law but it's often not usable because it
is in a format that is not easy to find, use and re-use. Published PDF files
do not constitute "open data" and are not helpful to large-scale users.****

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To be open, data must be:****

   - easily found through search engines (meta-tagged)****
   - available in machine readable formats (CSV, XML, APIs not PDF)****
   - accessible by third party tools/applications (interoperable)****
   - allow others to use and re-use for non-commercial and commercial use
   (e.g Creative Commons Licences)****

Open Data not only increases transparency and accountability but also promotes
greater efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of public services by
allowing users to easily consume and interpret data****

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This is therefore to invite you to the launch. You can register at the door
on your arrival.



Paul Kukubo
Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board
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