原文：http://blog.okfn.org/2013/10/28/government-data-still-not-open-enough/
在本週即將在倫敦舉辦的國際政府透明化會議之前，開放知識基金會發佈了2013年的開放資料指標，顯示各政府在提供給公民和企業等方便取得的資訊，腳步仍然緩慢。
在所調查的70個國家，英國和美國分別在普查的前兩名，後續是丹麥、挪威和荷蘭。在所有調查的國家中，賽浦勒斯、聖克里斯多福、英屬維京群島、肯亞和布吉納法索等，則是敬陪末座。另外有相當數量的國家，在資料開放的態度上顯得更為保守，但因為缺乏在地的公民社會關注，因此沒有列入本調查。這些國家包含了在開放政府夥伴關係 (Open Government Partnership) 名單內的三十個國家。
本普查的項目主要分為十個領域，以資料是否存在和方便取得為主要的評鑑指標，這包含了政府支出、選舉結果、交通運輸時刻表、環境污染指數等，雖然在部分項目各國皆有不錯的表現，但然後有相當的部份需要更確切的落實。
開放知識基金會的執行長和創辦人 Rufus Pollock 表示：
政府資料的開放將可以推動民主、責信以及創新。這能讓公民了解和實行他們的權利，從運輸到教育和醫療健康，也為整個社會帶來好處。雖然在過去幾年，不少政府在資料開放的態度上有著相當的善意，但是本普查卻明顯的揭露了高價值的資料仍然無法取得。
雖然英國和美國在開放政府資料上引領風潮，但仍有多處需要更為加強，例如：美國並不提供單一的工商登記資料源，或是英國選舉委員會因為對於選舉資料的態度，而造成英國表現的下降。
在工商登記資料庫，有著更多令人沮喪的結果：在普查排名前二十的國家當中，只有五個提供了真正符合開放授權的的資料，而也只有十個國家提供了大量下載的機制。本類型的資訊很重要，尤其是在逃稅、其他型態的經濟犯罪和貪腐的制衡上。
在排行前二十個國家，所有的評比資料集，只有不到半數能夠被稱為是開放資料，這顯示了即使是先進國家，也仍然無法完全理解公民和企業在資料本體的合法運用、技術需求、再製以及重新散佈的重要性，因為這能讓所有人建立和分享屬於商業或非商業的服務。
Pollock 又表示：
為了讓開放資料的效益能夠舉體實現，政府必須不只是把試算表上傳到網站而已。開放的資料必須要容易取得和了解，並且免費提供，無論目的為何，允許所有人在所有地方，重新再製和分享。
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