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State revamps open-data access plans and aims to link portals with FOI guidance
Summary
OPM and the Data Board outlined a retooled open-data access planning process to move agencies from compliance to strategic publication, plus training and outreach to make open data more usable and better aligned with Freedom of Information requests.
Connecticut’s Office of Policy and Management on Tuesday laid out a redesigned process for agency open-data access plans and said the state will pursue training and user-facing changes to better match open-data publication with Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and public needs.
Pauline Zaldonis, Open Data Coordinator, said agencies will be asked this month to answer structured brainstorming questions and then meet with OPM staff in late summer and fall to finalize agency open-data priorities. Agencies will submit responses via Microsoft Forms and the state plans to publish a consolidated dataset showing agency priorities on the Open Connecticut portal or otherwise make it publicly accessible.
Why it matters: board members emphasized that publishing data proactively can reduce FOI workload and improve transparency, but user experience matters; requesters redirected to portals need clear agency…
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