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Greater usability of government held information

Work to update NZGOAL (the NZ Government Open Access and Licensing Framework, last updated in 2014), in particular the No Known Rights licence and reviewing its recommendation to government agencies to not apply the CC Zero. (Up-to date advice is particularly needed by NZ's GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) sector in order to keep up with international policy).

Net Hui 2019

Re-use of government legislation through rules as code - e.g. see Python work at www.rules.nz

Net Hui 2019

Proactively release currently analogue government information, e.g. Captain James Cook's 1769 logs which are available in books but not online

Net Hui 2019

Open up the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI), led by Stats NZ - the data could be open as it is aggregated, confidentialised and anonymized

Net Hui 2019

Work to link terms no longer used by government with current language, e.g. "what we are now calling well-being has been called different things over the years". Comment made that it is hard for the public to find the common thread

Net Hui 2019

Create register of previous open government data policy initiatives and their results "so we can learn from the past"

Net Hui 2019

To see all ideas that have been submitted see Suggestions for Commitments in the 2020-22 National Action plan