Division 48. Open Data

"Data" means the final version of digital information regularly created or maintained by or on behalf of and owned by the County that records a file, measurement, transaction, or final decision related to the mission of an agency.

"Data" does not include any information provided to an agency by another government entity, information that may not be made available for privacy or security reasons, or data otherwise protected by law.

"Public Data Set" means data identified as eligible for publication by the Open Data Plan.

"Public Data Set" does not include any portion of a data set that is not subject to disclosure under any federal or state law or any data that is subject to copyright or trademark protections.

Include a summary description of the public data under the control of each agency data owner;

Assign and prioritize the order in which public data sets should be published by the data owners on the web portal based on whether the public data set:

Create a timeline for the inclusion of public data sets on the web portal;

Address when and how an agency may change or terminate collection of data or remove the public data set from the web portal;

Designate an employee in each agency as a contact for public data set management and otherwise address appropriate staffing to manage the public data sets published on the web portal;

Prescribe the frequency of updates for public data sets on the web portal;

Be subject to County Council approval by resolution.

A published public data set shall be made available without any registration or license requirement or restriction on use. The County shall require third-party providers who deliver and host applications and data on behalf of the County, to meet the definition of public data sets and otherwise contracted requirements in securing and management of the data as prescribed.

In this subsection, "registration or license requirement or restriction" does not include any measure required to:

Disclosing information not otherwise defined as data; or

Making voluntarily disclosed information accessible through the web portal.

Shall use open standards for web publishing and government, whenever practicable;

Shall identify the reason why each technical standard was selected and to which types of data it applies;

May recommend or require that certain data be published under more than one technical standard; and

Shall include a plan to adopt or utilize a web application programming interface standard that permits application programs to request and receive public data sets directly from the web portal.

The actions taken to make public data sets available on the web portal since the previous report.

Any action that will be taken before the next report;

Whether the list of public data sets in the open data plan should be updated;

Whether the prioritization of public data sets in the open data plan should be changed; and

Whether the timeline outlined in the open data plan for the inclusion of a public data set on the web portal should be changed.