Data governance norms can be the proverbial calm in the storm. It seems to me we need that now, more than ever.
The Declaration on Open and Transparent Government was approved by Cabinet on 8 August 2011.
A cross-government review is underway to increase the transparency and accountability of how government uses algorithms – to help improve the lives of New Zealanders.
We're building Aotearoa NZ's first, collaboratively-developed, voluntary open data framework, for the transport sector, and we want to hear from you!
There are many terms used on data.govt.nz that could be spelt, capitalised, or swapped with other terms. We use the following list to keep our language…
The first iteration of the Government Data System Future Design Narrative provides an early-stage ideation of what the Aotearoa New Zealand government data system could look like in future.
The data.govt.nz, Open Data Programme and Stats NZ teams got together at the Service Innovation Lab last week to share experiences, compare notes and ideate around models that could serve users better in data discovery and use.
At the second community of practice hui, attendees brought their real experiences with the Algorithm Charter so they could share what had worked, what hadn’t, and, most of all, what they had learnt along the way.
New Zealand has several pieces of policy that have been endorsed by the Cabinet to support open government and the release of open data. These policies and principles are helpful to understand to support agency discussions relating to opening up data and improving transparency.
New open data files make it easier to analyse contract award notices published on the Government Electronic Tenders Service (GETS).