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Towards Transparent Governance: Unifying City Councils Decision-Making Data Processing and Visualization

ZAKLOVÁ Kristýna, HYNEK Jiří and HRUŠKA Tomáš. Towards Transparent Governance: Unifying City Councils Decision-Making Data Processing and Visualization. In: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. 2024, pp. 1-10. ISSN 2367-3370.
Czech title
Směrem k transparentní státní správě: Sjednocení zpracování a vizualizace dat z rozhodování obecních zastupitelstev
Type
conference paper
Language
english
Authors
Zaklová Kristýna, Ing. (DEAN FIT BUT)
Hynek Jiří, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS FIT BUT)
Hruška Tomáš, prof. Ing., CSc. (DIFS FIT BUT)
Keywords

City Council, Decision-making, Local Politics, Open Government Data, Data Visualization

Abstract

The local open government data holds undiscovered potential for wider application. Municipal policies and representatives' decisions have a direct impact on citizens' daily lives and the public should be aware of them. Nevertheless, the data related to city council activities may not always be easily searchable, and if available, the varying formats complicate further extraction and processing. This paper contributes to the academic discourse by proposing a unified approach to processing and storing the data from the council's decision-making. The paper outlines a generic data model designed for broad application across municipalities. A data set within this model can be automatically processed and stored in the database. The solution presents an information system with an user-friendly interface that visualize the data in the form of dashboards, enhancing accessibility for the general public. This paper contains practical example of how the data model can be applied to real votes of the council in the City of Brno, which is the second largest city in the Czech Republic.

Published
2024 (in print)
Pages
1-10
Journal
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, ISSN 2367-3370
Proceedings
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Series
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Conference
12th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, Łódź, PL
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
BibTeX 
@INPROCEEDINGS{FITPUB13126,
   author = "Krist\'{y}na Zaklov\'{a} and Ji\v{r}\'{i} Hynek and Tom\'{a}\v{s} Hru\v{s}ka",
   title = "Towards Transparent Governance: Unifying City Councils Decision-Making Data Processing and Visualization",
   pages = "1--10",
   booktitle = "Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems",
   series = "Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems",
   journal = "Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems",
   year = 2024,
   ISSN = "2367-3370",
   language = "english",
   url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/13126"
}
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