I am currently preparing a business case to further progress Edinburgh Council’s open data strategy. One of the areas I am investigating is the impact of open data on FOI enquiries. I am not aware that there is any real documented evidence about this, but would be delighted to hear any case studie…

hi sally not evidence based policy but one of the assumptions acknowledged by the isle of man cabinet office minister to progress some agile open data projects was that it would decrease some types of FOI requests but that the shift to a proactive open government mindset was the real value anyway g…

Hi Thanks for your reply, I may share back my findings Regards Sally Kerr Sally Kerr Digital Innovation Manager 01315294899 | sally.kerr@edinburgh.gov.uk mailto:Louise.Harkins@edinburgh.gov.uk [cid:image006.jpg@01D071E4.27E8E140] City of Edinburgh Council, 4 East Market Street EH88BG [cid:…

I wonder whether there was any follow up on this suggestion by @Starl3n : [image] Measuring Open Data Open Government When looking at ‘digital transformation’ within Government the measure is often a cost reduction in processing requests for services. Something which cost $…

Hi I know Channel Shift are working in this area as they have to demonstrate the savings they will deliver. What are your thoughts? On FOI, so far I have found very very little real evidence. I’ve discussed it with our FOI manager and we are going to try and run a pilot for 6 months to see if th…

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I wonder whether there was any follow up on this suggestion by @Starl3n: