Presentation given at the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science 2013 eGov session. HICSS 2013

1. Hawaii International Conference
on Systems Science 2013
E-Government Track: Open Government
Russell Castagnaro
eHawaii.gov/ Hawaii Information
Consortium

2. Who
• Russell Castagnaro
• President of Hawaii Information
Consortium, LLC (http://hic.ehawaii.gov)
• Portal and eGovernment Services
Provider for the State and Counties of
Hawaii (http://hawaii.gov)

3. What
• Since 2000 we have worked to create
eGovernment Services and make more
information accessible!

4. Open Gov (to me)
• Transparency
– Public understands the workings of the
government.
• Empowerment
– Public can work with government in a
modern/ understandable way.
– Via modern communication methods.
• Accountability
– Public can hold government accountable for
policies and service delivery.
* See http://integrilicio.us/blog/2012/05/22/a-working-definition-of-open-government

5. Approach: Work with Departments

6. Determine Problem Set
• Too much paper
• Tedious processes
• Physical office limitations
• New rules/ legislation
• Cashiering problems
• Public access
• Enforcement
• Staff overloaded

7. Approach: Identify Information

8. Approach: Make Information
Accessible

9. Approach: Create New Tools

10. Approach: Get Feedback

11. Approach: Continuous
DevelopmentBack to
‘De
Beginning

12. Apps
• 35 Open Gov Apps (not sites)
• More coming this quarter!

13. But wait…..
• There’s More

14. State of Hawaii
Launched Sept 2012

15. State Data Sets
• State Data Book
• Farmers Markets
• Fundraising
• Electioneering
• UIP Information Requests
• Public Schools
• More..

16. Honolulu C & C

17. Honolulu Data Sets
Launched July 2012

18. Open Data.. Fun

19. Open Data.. Fun

20. Open Data 3.0 - Apps

21. Now it gets real
http://energy.ehawaii.gov/ev

22. Now it gets real
http://energy.ehawaii.gov/ev

23. Now it gets real
http://www.interislandterminal.org/assets/scripts/viz/hnlbudget/sankey.html

24. Now it gets real

25. What Next?
• Streaming meetings?
– Anyone can attend
• Remote legislative participation?
– Avoids flights, stay close to constituents
• Digital Archives
– All documents
• Paperless legislature
– The Hawaii Senate is already there.

26. What Next?
• Electronic Notaries
• State issued digital ID’s
• Personalizable services
• Responsive Government

27. Aloha and Namaste
Hau’ oli Makahiki Hou and Happy Open Gov’t Season
from HIC and eHawaii.gov!!