"Using the success of the iPhone project and the increasing number of good open data examples (e.g. http://data.gov.uk) we were able to kick-off our own open data project to create opendata.warwickshire.gov.uk. The business case and main benefits driving the project are:
* Transparency for the public
* Enhancing public communications
* Improving service delivery and enabling citizens to self-serve
* Contributing towards new ways of running public services
* Improving external contribution to WCC
* Enabling mash-ups of disparate sources of information to create new ways of looking at information
* Enabling 3rd sector organisations or individuals to develop applications aggregating data across organisational boundaries
* Reducing workload in areas like Freedom of Information (FOI), the Observatory and Public Relations
* Reinforcing our efforts to resolve data and information issues"