Austria : Leading the Open Government Implementation Model

The City of Vienna was the first public agency in a German speaking country to develop an Open Government Initative and to commit itself to the concept of Open Data – an open and transparent system that makes city data available to citizens for their further use. Vienna’s first Open DataBy opening up data and making it sharable and reusable, governments can enable informed debate, better decision making, and the development of innovative new services. Technical specifications: Polici... catalogue has been presented to the public. T

he KDZ – Centre for Public Administration Research was contracted by the Chief Executive Office of Vienna to contribute to the Open Government strategy of the City of Vienna. In order to bring the insights and propositions gained to the attention of a wider public, the Open Government Implementation Model (Version 2) has now been translated into English. The KDZ Implementation Model is based on and significantly elaborates the “Open Government Implementation Model” by Lee/Kwak (2011) and has already been used by various public agencies in Austria and Germany.

Feedback on the elaboration of the implementation model is highly welcome. The document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Austria License, please feel free to use and distribute it. http://www.kdz.eu/en/open-government-implementation-model