Give the public open data — Aziff Azuddin
MARCH 8 — Recently, Deputy Minister Hannah Yeoh highlighted a major issue that’s been the stumbling block for policy research: Open, accessible data. In her speech, she acknowledged how a data-driven approach could help with directing government resources to solve social problems efficiently and accurately. She described her challenge in solving issues in her ministry, with the lack of data sharing between government departments and an inadequate data collection methodology.
Open data is important because it also encourages the public to take part in making informed decisions. Currently, we rely heavily on academic research, NGOs, think tanks and research firms for data. Their research projects is what usually spurs public discussion.
How can researchers and civil society make and advocate policy recommendations when the only available data they have is from a decade ago? Just to add an example in, the Terengganu State’s Treasury Department’s most updated Budget numbers are from 2012. Anybody outside the state department scrutinising Terengganu’s budget would surely have a difficult time trying to identify how to improve the state’s current spending and socioeconomic decisions.
Finally, this is where we get to accessibility via web design. The fact is, government websites are poorly designed. They are hardly accessible and trying to locate the thing you want is like navigating a maze. While a more technologically-literate individual may be able to find their way around , what about those who are not? The information provided on government websites may be updated, but there is no point if the data is obscured behind bad user interface and experience.
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