Resources
Interesting Document Links
The creation of Data Strategies has become a priority in government around the world:
Report to the Clerk of the Privy Council: A Data Strategy Roadmap for the Federal Public Service
US Federal Data Strategy: Leveraging Data as a Strategic Asset
Data Integration in government is also an issue for other jurisdictions; some informative documents on other approaches, challenges and recommendations:
Four Biggest Challenges to Data Integration: A high level overview of challenges and risks for governments.
Integrating Data Across Sectors for Public Service Improvement in Ontario (PDF): A view of data integration challenges at the Provincial level.Data
What’s really needed for data-driven government? A short blog post from GCN providing a US based perspective
NASA: This issue, called the “Big Data Wave,” refers to the amount of data that NASA needs to deal with on a daily basis and the value of data integration and management: The Big Data Wave
The Government of Canada is also focused on the value of data governance: See this issue of Global Government Forum
Data Valuation Methodology: StatsCan: Measuring investment in data, databases and data science: Conceptual framework
European Data Portal: The Economic Impact of Open Data: Opportunities for value creation in Europe
OECD Links:
OECD Digital Government Toolkit
The Path to Becoming a Data-Driven Public Sector
Interesting Video Links
What is Data Integration and How Does It Work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj0ZxjxHOAs
An excellent video on the data challenges the Government of Canada faces, from a truly engaging and motivating speaker (the best 29 minutes you will spend this week):
Government of Canada (former) CIO Alex Benay - Digital Transformation Awards keynote on data in the GoC (2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Siv5habgojo
The Value of Data (Very short answer to a question: 1:28) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtbRFM8XrCU
Data Valuation - Valuing the World's Greatest Asset | Andy Neely, PhD | ODSC Europe 2019 (40 Minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HKeELwjuks
What is Data Governance? How Does it Impact Businesses? (Another short answer to a question: 2:16) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqdPuwvwPk4
The Value of Data (Very short answer to a question: 1:28) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtbRFM8XrCU
Data Valuation - Valuing the World's Greatest Asset | Andy Neely, PhD | ODSC Europe 2019 (40 Minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HKeELwjuks
Training
AI business school for government - Learn | Microsoft Docs
Home | Public Sector Center of Expertise (microsoft.com)
Cloud Computing for Government | Microsoft Industry
Canada School of Public Service: Discover Series: Discover Data - CSPS (csps-efpc.gc.ca)
Global Government Forum Digital Training Academy