Last night I talked on the phone with a very senior official about how Governments use data.\u00a0 He was fine to talk on the phone but asked that his name not be blogged for a few weeks.\u00a0 Given the sensitivity of the conversation here\u2019s the highlights.<\/p>\n
He thinks that the Sensing City is \u201cthe way of the future,\u201d and was a unique concept globally. His view is that that the whole area is in it\u2019s infancy but will explode in the next two to three years. The aim of such initiatives is to use data to be proactive about how cities function.<\/p>\n
He sees data as the new currency of the city.<\/p>\n
In a previous role he was heavily involved in promoting the release of data in civic organisations.\u00a0 As such he recommends that each local government department has a data officer who spends their time reviewing data and understanding the implications. The aim of this investment is to reduce the cost of running a city by enabling things like proactive maintenance (e.g. when will a water pipe need maintenance based on actual road traffic, as opposed to waiting for the pipe to rupture and closing the road to fix it).<\/p>\n
He thought that there were four main reasons why a city should invest in initiatives like the Sensing City:<\/p>\n
In December I\u2019ll update this to add his name and position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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