Data.gov.uk consultation: Your input can inform Open Data plans

As part of the UK government’s commitment to improve transparency of their data, an inventory of unpublished datasets is now available online so interested users can see what data the government holds.

The Cabinet Office is inviting all data users to browse the collection and provide input that will help inform the National Information Infrastructure as set out in the Government Response to the Shakespeare Review. The infrastructure will make explicit the main data held by government departments. It will also outline the principles of how government determines what data will be released, when and under what terms. 

As part of this work, they’re asking for input on the datasets of most interest to data users in all sectors (academia, business, journalists, think tanks, etc.).

Overall, the consultation is intended to achieve two goals:

• to prioritise government datasets for public release based on potential use
• to identify which datasets could have the broadest and most significant impact within the UK.

The consultation is open to all data users; the only requirement is that you register with data.gov.uk. Responses will be published on data.gov.uk so that other users can have visibility of the emerging debate. Early input is appreciated: the Cabinet Office Transparency Team, Departments, Open Data User Group and the Public Sector Transparency Board will start assessing and prioritising data releases and assembling the National Information Infrastructure from 16 September 2013.

RELATED LINKS
Details on consultation: http://data.gov.uk/blog/government-data-get-involved-0   
Data.gov.uk inventory of unpublished datasets: http://data.gov.uk/data/search?q=&unpublished=true&page=1