The role of policy entrepreneurs in open government data policy innovation diffusion: An analysis of Australian Federal and State Governments |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Computing and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia;2. Department of Public Administration, College of Public Policy, The University of Texas at San Antonio, United States;1. Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic;2. University of Ghana Business School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana;1. Utrecht University, School of Governance, Netherlands;2. National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland;1. Université de Lorraine, CRAN, UMR 7039, Campus Sciences, BP 70239, Vanduvre-lès-Nancy F-54506, France;2. CNRS, CRAN, UMR 7039, France;3. University of Luxembourg, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability & Trust, 4 rue Alphonse Weicker, Luxembourg L-2721, Luxembourg;4. Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for Information Business, Welthandelsplatz 1 1020, Vienna, Austria |
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| Abstract: | Open government data (OGD) policy differs substantially from the existing Freedom of Information policies. Consequently OGD can be viewed as a policy innovation. Drawing on both innovation diffusion theory and its application to public policy innovation research, we examine Australia's OGD policy diffusion patterns at both the federal and state government levels based on the policy adoption timing and CKAN portal “Organization” and “Category” statistics. We found that state governments that had adopted OGD policies earlier had active policy entrepreneurs (or lead departments/agencies) responsible for the policy innovation diffusion across the different government departments. We also found that their efficacy ranking was relatively high in terms of OGD portal openness when openness is measured by the greater number of datasets proactively and systematically published through their OGD portals. These findings have important implications for the role played by OGD policy entrepreneurs in openly sharing the government-owned datasets with the public. |
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