PATH TO BECOMING A DATA-DRIVEN PUBLIC SECTOR.

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
	Digital government approaches are the foundation for transforming a country
	Towards a data-driven public sector
	The data-driven public sector report
		Anticipated impact and next steps
	References
	Note
2 Data governance in the public sector
	Introduction
	The case for good data governance in the public sector
	Developing a common framework for public sector data governance
	Flexibility and scalability
		Organisational
		Sector- or policy-specific
		Multilevel
		Cross-sector
		Cross-border
	Overview of public sector data governance practices at the national level across OECD member and partner countries
		Strategic layer
			National data strategies
			Leadership
		Tactical layer
			Steering and policy co-ordination bodies
			Chief data officers, institutional networks and data stewardship
			Legal and regulatory frameworks
			Skills: Capacity building, collaboration and knowledge-sharing
		Delivery layer
			The data value cycle
			National data infrastructures and architectures
	References
	Notes
3 The application of data in the public sector to generate public value
	Introduction
	Defining value
		The government data value cycle
			Collecting and generating
			Storing, securing and processing
			Sharing, curating and publishing
			Use and reuse
		Valuing data as an asset
		Public value
			Gross domestic product
			Government efficiency
			Social value
			Engagement and participation
	Applying data to generate public value
		Anticipating and planning
			Evidence based policy making
			Anticipatory governance
				Forecasting
				Foresight
			Designing services and policy interventions
		Delivery
			Improving public services that respond to citizen needs
			Giving public servants the capacity to focus on meeting other needs
			Communication and engagement with the public
			Responding to emergencies, crises and developing situations
		Evaluation and monitoring
			Policy evaluation
			Operational performance
			Demonstrating return on investment
			Accountability through audit trails and transparency
	References
	Notes
4 The role of data in building trust
	Introduction
		Determinants of trust
		Public trust through data ethics
		Digital rights and data rights
		Good data-related legislation across OECD countries
		Ethics
			Ethics through an independent entity
			Ethics through an ethical framework or guidelines
		Privacy and consent
		Transparency
		Security
		Data ethics guidelines
		References
5 Conclusions
Annex A. Background: OECD work on data-driven public sector
Annex B. Data-driven integrity
Annex C. Data-driven human resources management: Enabling the strategic use of human resources data for a high-performing civil service