Identify and Prioritize the Challenges of Achieving the Open Government Data Policy (OGDP): Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Fuzzy TOPSIS

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Prof. of Public Administration, Tehran University

2 Ph.D. student in science and technology policy, Tehran University

3 M.S in Islamic Studies and Management, Imam Sadiq University

Abstract

Government open data has a new issue on the agenda of international organizations and development governments. Government open data policy is a set of actions that the government should do to comply with the confidentiality provided public access to data and policy information that the people and the elites have participated in policy making and Supervision. This research tries using mixed methods research to identify and prioritize policy challenges of open government data. First, the qualitative phase, literature review were identified open data policy challenges and experiences of other countries. After meeting with focus groups composed of some researchers, policy makers and people involved in the field of open data, this challenge was determined in accordance with the conditions of the country and its ecosystem. In the quantitative phase with using analysis hierarchical Fuzzy and Fuzzy TOPSIS were ranking challenges by the experts. At the end, based on the priority challenges identified, fundamental challenges to realize open government data and presented some solutions and policy recommendations.

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