Online access to government data is not meeting the needs or expectations of the general public, a survey conducted by data aggregator Socrata found.
The study found that there is an overwhelming belief that open records should be available online, with 92.6% of government employees endorsing this idea. However, the survey found that only 23.8% of governments have launched a data site.
The study suggests that the general public do not want to simply download files. Sixty-three percent of respondents said they would prefer to be able to browse and interact with the information online. Only 16% preferred to download information.
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