Open Government Data: Towards Empirical Analysis of Open Government Data Initiatives

Citation
Barbara Ubaldi, Open Government Data: Towards Empirical Analysis of Open Government Data Initiatives, OECD Working Papers on Public Governance No. 22 (OECD 2013) (full-text).

Overview
This paper highlights the main principles, concepts and criteria framing open government data initiatives and the issues challenging their implementation. It underlines the opportunities that OGD and data analytics may offer policy makers, while providing a note of caution on the challenges this agenda poses for the public sector.