1. @okfn[.org]
Rufus Pollock @rufuspollock[.org]
Creating, Sharing and Applying
Open Knowledge
in a Digital Age

2. We build technology and
communities to develop,
disseminate and use
open knowledge ─
content and data that
everyone can use, share and
build on.

5. Where Does Our
Money Go?

6. We might hope to see the finances of the
Union as clear and intelligible as a
merchant's books so that every member
of congress and every man of any mind
... should be able to comprehend them,
to investigate abuses, and consequently
control them.
President Thomas Jefferson to Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin,
1802

9. Getting data is hard!
Data not made available
Data not machine readable
No standard format for data
Poor of dubious quality
Finances are complex

10. A project of the Open Knowledge
Foundation, the Budget Transparency
Initiative and the World Bank Institute

11. Sovereign Country 2012 2017
Debt -
Greece 153% 136%
Italy 123% 119%
UK 88% 86%
How Did We US
Japan
106%
235%
113%
256%
Get Here?
Greeks protest austerity cuts http://www.flickr.
com/photos/piazzadelpopolo/4580914101/

12. The present system is, to put it
bluntly, fraudulent. There are no
regularly published and accurate
official balance sheets. Huge
liabilities are simply hidden from
view.
Niall Ferguson, Reith Lectures, 2012

13. OpenSpending
A global community
Creating an open map of the money
From streetlights to international aid

14. @okfn[.org]
@openspending[.org]
WhereDoesMyMoneyGo.org
CKAN.org
DataHub.io
PublicDomainReview.org
@SchoolOfData[.org]
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Rufus Pollock @rufuspollock[.org]