Local government open data (LGOD) initiatives: Analysis of trends and similarities among early adopters

Eric Afful-Dadzie, Anthony Afful-Dadzie

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Abstract

This paper focuses on developments of open government data (OGD) at city, municipal, county, federal state, regional and provincial levels around the world. This is in line with recent OGD trends where local government authorities, especially in developed countries, are launching separate OGD web portals to complement central governments’ efforts at liberating public data. Focusing on early LGOD adopters, an inventory audit of contents and functionalities in use at LGOD web portals was conducted. The data generated was analyzed for trends and (dis)similarities among early LGOD adopters. The results of the study points to a general sense of heterogeneity among LGODs across the world in terms of adherence to OGD web publishing standards. There is also a lack of uniformity in terms of OGD web portal functionalities and contents even among local government authorities within a same country.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDigitalisation, Innovation, and Transformation - 18th IFIP WG 8.1 International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations, ICISO 2018, Proceedings
EditorsCecilia Baranauskas, Kecheng Liu, Keiichi Nakata, Weizi Li
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages299-308
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783319945408
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event18th IFIP WG 8.1 International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations, ICISO 2018 - Reading
Duration: 16 Jul 201818 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume527
ISSN (Print)1868-4238

Conference

Conference18th IFIP WG 8.1 International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations, ICISO 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityReading
Period16/07/1818/07/18

Keywords

  • Clustering
  • Early adopters
  • Local government open data (LGOD)
  • Open data
  • Open government data (OGD)

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