Abstract Open government data (OGD) is attracting stakeholders from different backgrounds. The call for OGD has been especially pronounced in the last 6 or 7 years. OGD demand accelerated after the launch of the US OGD initiative portal in 2009, followed by the UK in 2010. Before that, the availability and accessibility of government data were limited to certain executives and few government employees, whereas for others, it was either partially available or completely unavailable. Publishing government data, thereby making it available to the public, could be useful in many ways such as increasing transparency and accountability in governments, increasing overall efficiency and performance, encouraging publics’ engagement, and achieving trust and reputation. As an example of the role that OGD may provide, this paper compares the different financial reporting and auditing systems in the public sector between Brazil and Saudi Arabia. Also, the paper examines OGD initiatives among different countries with the focus of the Republic of Brazil and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s open data portals. Moreover, it assesses the level of data transparency based on the definition of the open data model, and more importantly, the paper suggests new dimensions to the open data concept when utilized by governments. In addition, it argues that the OGD in Saudi Arabia, which is an emerging initiative in a country that has centralized power, could be improved dramatically. We demonstrate by using a sample of procurement contracts data taken from the Council of Saudi Chambers Web site, which is publicly available and shows the potential of monitoring or auditing public spending.

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建立高效有效的政府公开数据的新模型

摘要开放政府数据（OGD）正在吸引来自不同背景的利益相关者。在过去的6或7年中，对OGD的呼吁尤其明显。在2009年启动美国OGD计划门户网站之后，对OGD的需求加速增长，随后在2010年英国启动了OGD需求。在此之前，政府数据的可用性和可访问性仅限于某些管理人员和很少的政府雇员，而对于其他人，则部分是可用或完全不可用。发布政府数据，从而将其提供给公众，可能在许多方面都是有用的，例如提高政府的透明度和问责制，提高整体效率和绩效，鼓励公众参与以及获得信任和声誉。作为OGD可能提供的角色的示例，本文比较了巴西和沙特阿拉伯之间公共部门中不同的财务报告和审计系统。此外，本文还考察了不同国家/地区的OGD计划，重点是巴西共和国和沙特阿拉伯王国的开放数据门户。此外，它基于开放数据模型的定义来评估数据透明性的水平，更重要的是，本文为政府使用开放数据概念提出了新的维度。此外，它认为，沙特阿拉伯的OGD（这是一个拥有中央集权国家的新兴计划）可以大大改善。我们使用来自沙特钱伯斯委员会网站的采购合同数据样本进行演示，