David Burdge Corporate Information Manager ALCA, 12 May 2014 Earthlight, Open Data & Citizen Portal

NSC mapping application Used by 500+ officers per month Over 400 layers of information Continually adding data Accessible to all officers, parish/town councils and ward councillors Uses PSMA licensing Available from summer 2013 Earthlight - Summary

29 councils trained since June regularly using Earthlight Largest users : Nailsea, Portishead, Winscombe, Yatton, Long Ashton Diverse range of projects to support council and community activities Earthlight – local council use

Searching for/checking information Rights of way, highways adoption, planning applications, etc Map creation Projects: – asset capture and management – electronic parish plans – emergency plans – public online mapping Earthlight – uses

Training courses – 6 & 15 June 2014 ( am) Phone/ support – general enquiries Other support available –assistance with projects –adding more information –data editing (including mobile) Earthlight - support

What are you using Earthlight for? What more could you do? What information would be useful to see? Can you help keep information up to date? Examples of best practice to share with others Earthlight - feedback

What is Open Data? –Local Government Transparency Code 2014 –Publically available online without licensing Who is affected? –Local Authorities –Parish and Town councils which have gross annual income or expenditure (whichever is the higher) exceeding £200,000 Open Data – background I

Excludes sensitive/personal data Reduces Freedom of Information requests Supports economic growth Allows information from many different sources to be joined up (scary diagram…) Open Data – background II

–Expenditure over £500 –procurement information over £5k –Local Authority Land –Grants to certain organisations –Organisation chart –Trade union facility time –parking revenues –pay multiple –controlled parking spaces –senior salaries –Constitution Open Data – what information? Local Government Transparency Code 2014

Online portal to access information ‘Dashboards’ to visualise data Make more ‘raw’ mapping information publically available Work with partners to identify and publish data that is of value to the economy and community Develop a plan for release of more NSC information Open Data – NSC plan

Why is this relevant to ALCA? –Affects councils with income or expenditure over £200k –Town and Parishes could help make more local information available What does your council have that could be published? –Work with NSC to both publish and ‘discover’ local information Open Data – ALCA

Joint project with Avon and Somerset Police Services from many agencies in one place Designed around customers not services Easy to use, optimised for mobile technology Planned for release later in 2014 Citizen Portal - background

Citizen Portal - content Information sources Find it (search) Near me (location profile) Report it NSC ASC Other agencies… Notify me (alerts) Tell us (feedback) Manage my portal (customer profile)

Simplified searching for information and reporting across agencies Subscribing for alerts (planning, consultation, service disruption, etc) Use of mapping - local activities and events Citizen Portal - benefits More services in one place will help improve the customer online experience

Nothing finalised yet, but considering a diverse range of content and ideas… waste collections to tourism; road works to Local History New residents checklist ‘Single sign in’ to services – register with the portal to seamlessly link to other services Personalised online calendar for public services Online appointment booking Citizen Portal - Content

Messages & alerts Logged in as: Dave North Somerset Citizen Portal You have 1 new message : Your request to fix a faulty streetlight has been completed You have 1 new alert:Don’t forget your waste collection day is Thursday this week due to Bank Holiday changes Tell us once – New Resident Add to favourites Click to register for: Electoral registration Council Tax Libraries Leisure centre Doctors surgeries Status Your ref Partial - awaiting documents Your ref Not yet registered Village Surgery, Worle Forthcoming events in your area: 9 April – family fun day, Worle Find out about your new community Citizen Portal – Example 1

Download your calendar Logged in as: Dave North Somerset Portal You have 1 new message : Your request to fix a faulty streetlight has been completed You have 1 new alert: Don’t forget your waste collection day is Thursday this week due to Bank Holiday changes Your next collection from BS23 1UJ will be on a Monday due to bank holiday changes. Your normal collection day is Wednesday. Your next collection from BS23 1UJ will be on a Monday due to bank holiday changes. Your normal collection day is Wednesday. Your next collection dates are: Refuse (black bin/sack)Monday 11 March Recycling (green box)Monday 11 March Green WasteMonday 18 March Your next collection dates are: Refuse (black bin/sack)Monday 11 March Recycling (green box)Monday 11 March Green WasteMonday 18 March Waste services In favourites Citizen Portal – Example 2

Suggestions and ideas for content welcomed How could this link and benefit your area? What would you like to see – as a Town or Parish council – as a resident Citizen Portal – Feedback

Questions?