Open Government Silicon Valley Poland Days 2019 @ Stanford

1. Open government
Silicon Valley Poland Days 2019 @ Stanford, CA
Robert Kowalski
ex-govtech/OpenGov
ex-gov/President’s advisers team ’11-’14 ~ co-authored Poland’s first R&D tax credit/Innov Bill
Stanford ’16

2. “Smart City” traps
1. It’s NOT about tech/IoT/apps
• Smart City ~ concept of large/corp tech sales-mktg org
• Legacy tech vendors ~ unnecessary projects, avoid them
• Modernizing old tech ~ 80%-90% of US govt IT spend (!)
2. PROCUREMENT = EVIL ~ only destroys value
3. Motivations of politicians & administration?
• data-driven decision-making?
• political?
• committed to transparent finances, open data?

3. A Smart City
1. Citizen-centric design (of infrastructure, zoning, transport, public spaces, services)
2. Engages citizens (feedback, civil society, engagement)
3. Liveable (mobility, environment, families, affordable housing [freedom to build housing])
4. Job creation focus (pro-investment, pro-business, pro-mobility)
5. Open Culture (openness, collaboration)
6. Open government (open data, transparent finances + org + contracts)
7. Utilizes tech + people (buy + leverage hackers, devs, open source, SaaS analytics/
data/systems, great UX/UI so people actually use the stuff..)

4. Open government

5. Check it out
Central
West Virginia Transparency http://www.transparencywv.org/
Australia open data portal https://data.gov.au/
Cities
San Diego, CA https://sandiegoca.opengov.com/transparency
Analyze Boston open data portal https://data.boston.gov/
London, UK https://data.london.gov.uk/
Public Universities
California State University System https://csu.opengov.com/transparency#/

6. PL city/government problem: open data desert
Problem not lack of open data. Problem is lack of Accountability, Risk-taking & Trust…
Source: Opendatasoft

7. Startups that empower cities
Palantir - analytical tools for police, military, cybersec etc
OpenGov - budgeting, performance, open data
OpenDataSoft - open data, open source
Remix - urban transport planning + data
Cameo.ai - permitting, licensing + AI
Sidewalk Labs - public spaces, mobility
RapidSOS - emergency communication
SeamlessDocs - PDF-to-digital
ProZorro - streamlined procurement (open source)
One Concern - AI + emergency
Voyage - autonomous vehicles

8. Check these out