Requesting datasets from government

Talk given to Nordic Delegation's visit to London on "Open Government, Data and Digital" Monday 21 September 2015, Room 4/10.1, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ

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1. James Arthur Cattell! Head of Engagement! Transparency Team! @jaCattell!
2. https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government! James! Requesting datasets from government!
3. James! Datasets, not data! https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government!
4. James! User needs to create an account on data.gov.uk! https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government!
5. James! User completes a request form on data.gov.uk! https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government!
6. James! Mandatory fields are:! •  title (60 character limit)! •  description! •  public / private request! •  personal / on behalf of an organisation! •  faced challenges getting it?! •  theme(s), eg health, transport, etc! •  what are you going to use it for?! •  benefits of releasing the data! https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government!
7. James! User submits the request for moderation! https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government!
8. James! data.gov.uk administrator approves / rejects the request! https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government!
9. James! data.gov.uk administrator assigns the request to a relationship manager! https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government!
10. James! Relationship manager checks to see if the dataset has been published! https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government!
11. James! Relationship manager finds the correct part of government and assigns the request! https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government!
12. James! Relationship manager works with the dataset holder to publish the data! https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government!
13. James! Dataset holder updates the request and the relationship manager closes it! https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government!
14. James! https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government!
15. James! GDS! James! https://speakerdeck.com/jacattell/requesting-datasets-from-government!
16. James Arthur Cattell! Head of Engagement! Transparency Team! @jaCattell!