THE STATE OF OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA IMPLEMENTATION IN MALAYSIA GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31436/jisdt.v4i1.257Keywords:
Open Data, Open Government Data, OGD Implementation, OGD Implementation Issues, Malaysia Government AgenciesAbstract
The Malaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning (MAMPU) aims to enhance the quality of datasets published on the portal towards the year of 2022. Various activities have been conducted by MAMPU to raise the publics' awareness of OGD. This paper consists of a preliminary study where the authors focus on exploring the current state of OGD implementation in Malaysia and the issues surrounding around it. The methods involved are interviews and documents research. According to this preliminary study, the current issues in OGD implementation are data sharing readiness, high impact and high value data insufficiency, laws, and regulations. These findings are taken from the perspective of the key players of OGD project in Malaysia and help to provide insights for the authors' future research.