政府数据开放目标实现情况调查:目标与结果是否不一致?

Investigating the attainment of open government data objectives:is there a mismatch between objectives and results?

政府数据开放项目涉及从加强透明度和责任到提高创新和参与度等各种目标,但往往缺乏对政府数据开放项目目标实现程度的了解。本文考察了政府数据开放项目的目标与所产生效益之间的关系。本文共分析了168份调查问卷,涉及世界各地156个不同层级政府的数据开放项目,分析表明,运行和技术效益是最常产生的效益,其次是经济效益,再者是社会效益。出人意料的是,我们的研究表明,政府数据开放项目是否拥有与效益相关的目标,对其是否产生效益(例如,提高开放度、信任或创新)并没有显著影响。与地方和地区级政府数据开放项目相比,州和国家级项目通常能够更好地实现目标。

The objectives of open government data initiatives range from enhancing transparency and accountability to increasing innovation and participation.However,there is a lack of knowledge of the extent to which the objectives of open government data initiatives are achieved.This article investigates the relationship between the objectives of open government data initiatives and the benefits delivered.A total of 168 survey responses concerning 156 open government data initiatives at different government levels worldwide suggest that operational and technical benefits are the benefits most often delivered,followed by economic benefits and,finally,societal benefits.Surprisingly,our study suggests that whether an open government data initiative delivers a benefit(e.g.increased openness,trust or innovation) is not significantly affected by having an objective related to the delivery of that benefit.The objectives of state-and national-level open government data initiatives are more often achieved than those of local-and regional-level open government data initiatives.