Open household data

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Open household data are freely accessible data from household processes in politics and administration.

Open budgeting

In many countries it is already regulated in the budgetary principles that the budget should be transparent, public and comprehensible. The budget principles valid in Germany include, in addition to task performance, prior, annuality, economic efficiency, frugality, total coverage and budget balancing, as well as several transparency and disclosure obligations. They are intended to inform the population about the plans, management, accounting and auditing. These include the budgetary principles of completeness (Art. 110 (1) GG, §11 BHO), clarity and truth (§§13, 14, 17 BHO), the public (§10 BHO) and the public budget debate (Art 42 GG; Art. 104a ff. GG).

In Austria, the Stability Pact 2012 for the first time regulates the obligation to publish budget decisions by federal states and municipalities on the Internet "in a form [...] that enables further use (e.g. downloadable, no images or PDF)."

Open budget data

Open budget data are those datasets of the budget of the public sector that are made freely accessible by the state and administration in the interest of the general public without any restrictions for free use, dissemination and free reuse. These are primarily budget data, budget management data, budget receipts and budget reports from local authorities and authorities without personal reference. If these household databases are structured and easily machine-readable in an open format proactively provided by the responsible authorities, they can be viewed, searched, filtered, prepared, monitored and further processed.

Open budget data are based on open budget systems and contribute to budget transparency for authorities and regional authorities. Electronic processing makes it possible to overcome paper-based disadvantages such as media breaks, complex figures and long transport times. If the departments involved in budgeting are increasingly relying on open standards, interfaces and interoperability, budget systems can be linked even more closely, benchmark rings can be set up and the consequences of decisions can be shown (von Lucke 2011, p. 10). Up-to-date evaluations of existing household data allow politics and administration to implement effective control in real-time. Household data catalogs and data portals based on them make it easier for interested parties to search for specific data stocks. So far, however, these considerations have hardly been implemented in Germany. An overarching political will for open budget data has not yet been expressed with strict time and open standardization specifications. Rather, there is concern that the provision of raw data and system adjustments will lead to additional work without generating additional added value beyond transparency and that misinterpretations and misinterpretations unnecessarily tie up workers in public administration. If citizens use open household data and, in the sense of Open Budget 2.0, get more involved in the existing budget processes on the basis of this database, such concerns can be refuted.

Linked open budget data

Linked open budget data are those databases of household management in the public sector that are made freely accessible by the state and administration in the interest of the general public without any restriction for free use, dissemination and further use and with one another via the World Wide Web be networked.

Interactive visualizations help to better understand collections of tables and numbers. In the meantime, diverse display formats and interactive visualization services are available for data that are far more powerful than the classic tables and pie charts of the past decades or the printed works. It offers innovative display options such as pressure indicators, heat maps, detailed geo maps, interactive visual tree maps, three-dimensional timelines, knowledge maps and rotating subject clouds. Cartographic preparations in interactive formats help to show the spatial distribution of funds. Preparations of this kind can be networked via the World Wide Web and social media and integrated into communities, discussion forums or rating services.

Visualized and commentable offers based on budget data allow citizens and companies to network around the budget debate, comment on suggestions critically and constructively and form an opinion. In keeping with Open Data, time-independent access to networked open household data should be possible, dissemination and subsequent use by third parties should be permitted, and accessibility should be ensured. Neither groups nor people may be discriminated against through access. Restricting the purposes of use would also be unacceptable. Open budget data can be sent electronically to politicians, the press and citizens in electronic form by the federal, state and local governments. They also enable third parties to analyze and process the data independently without having to manually record and process them again. Novel visualizations could quickly lead to further insights. Especially when the budget is to be discussed openly, most citizens only become aware through a visualization of how many income and expenses are actually already set in the respective budget by specifications and how little the actual scope is.

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  1. ↑ Jörn von Lucke et al: Open Budget 2.0 & Open Budget Data - opening up budgeting and household data, Deutsche Telekom Institute for Connected Cities, Zeppelin University gGmbH, Friedrichshafen 2011, p. 3.
  2. ↑ Austrian Stability Pact 2012
  3. ↑ a b Jörn von Lucke et al: Open Budget 2.0 & Open Budget Data - opening of budgetary systems and household data, Deutsche Telekom Institute for Connected Cities, Zeppelin University gGmbH, Friedrichshafen 2011, p. 6.
  4. ↑ Jörn von Lucke et al: Open Budget 2.0 & Open Budget Data - opening up budgeting and household data, Deutsche Telekom Institute for Connected Cities, Zeppelin University gGmbH, Friedrichshafen 2011, p. 7.
  5. ↑ Jörn von Lucke et al: Open Budget 2.0 & Open Budget Data - opening up budgeting and household data, Deutsche Telekom Institute for Connected Cities, Zeppelin University gGmbH, Friedrichshafen 2011, p. 15.
  6. ↑ Jörn von Lucke et al: Open Budget 2.0 & Open Budget Data - opening of budgetary systems and household data, Deutsche Telekom Institute for Connected Cities, Zeppelin University gGmbH, Friedrichshafen 2011, pp. 16-17.