Open government data and access to public sector information is commonplace, yet little attention has focussed on the essential roles and responsibilities in practice of the information and records management professionals, who enable public authorities to deliver open data to citizens. This paper aims to consider the perspectives of open government and information practitioners in England on the procedural and policy implications of open data across local public authorities.,Using four case studies from different parts of the public sector in England (local government, higher education, National Health Service and hospital trust), the research involved master’s level students in the data collection and analysis, alongside academics, thus enhancing the learning experience of students.,There was little consistency in the location of responsibility for open government data policy, the range of job roles involved or the organisational structures, policy and guidance in place to deliver this function. While this may reflect the organisational differences and professional concerns, it makes it difficult to share best practice. Central government policy encourages public bodies to make their data available for re-use. However, local practice is very variable and perhaps understandably responds more to local organisational strategic and resource priorities. The research found a lack of common metadata standards for open data, different choices about which data to open, problems of data redundancy, inconsistency and data integrity and a wide variety of views on the corporate and public benefits of open data.,The research is limited to England and to non-national public bodies and only draws data from a small number of case studies.,The research contributes to the debate about emerging issues around the complexities of open government data and its public benefits, contributing to the discussions around technology-enabled approaches to citizen engagement and governance. It offers new insights into the interaction between open data and public policy objectives, drawing on the experience of local public sectors in England.

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开放的政府数据：关键的信息管理观点

开放的政府数据和访问公共部门信息的情况很普遍，但很少有注意力集中在信息和记录管理专业人员的实践中的基本角色和责任上，这些专业人员和公共管理人员使公共当局能够向公民提供开放数据。本文旨在考虑英国开放政府和信息从业者对跨地方公共当局开放数据的程序和政策影响的观点。使用来自英国公共部门不同部门的四个案例研究（地方政府，高等教育，国家卫生局和医院的信任），该研究使硕士生与学者一起参与了数据收集和分析，从而增强了学生的学习体验。公开政府数据政策的职责位置，所涉及的工作角色范围或为实现此功能而到位的组织结构，政策和指导，几乎没有一致性。尽管这可能反映出组织上的差异和专业上的关注，但是却很难共享最佳实践。中央政府的政策鼓励公共机构使其数据可供重复使用。但是，当地的做法变化很大，也许可以理解，它对当地组织的战略和资源优先事项的反应更大。研究发现，缺乏开放数据的通用元数据标准，关于打开哪些数据的不同选择，数据冗余问题，不一致和数据完整性以及对开放数据的公司和公共利益的各种看法。该研究仅限于英格兰和非国家公共机构，并且仅从少量案例研究中提取数据。该研究有助于围绕开放政府数据及其公共利益的复杂性对新出现的问题进行辩论，有关以技术为基础的公民参与和治理方法的讨论。它借鉴了英格兰当地公共部门的经验，对开放数据与公共政策目标之间的相互作用提供了新的见解。