eGovernment and Open Data in Czech Public Administration

This thesis deals with problems of eGovernment and Open Data in Czech Republic and other countries. The thesis is divided into four main parts. The first of them describes the eGovernment in Czech Republic, its history, contemporary conditions and the closest future in forms of Strategies and Action Plans which is the Government dealing with at the moment. Second part brings the comparison of eGovernment in Czech Republic and other European Union countries according to different maturity Indexes and then with Great Britain in services coverage. The third part describes the characteristics of Open Data. There is also comparison of Open Data in Great Britain, current activities in Czech Republic and in EU and what kind of restrictions and risks does the Open Data brings for the future development. The last part is focused on design of methodology of analysis and selection of data for publication in open data format including confirmation in form of application the methodology on one legal authority of public service. The first of the main objectives is to define the Open Data in relation to eGovernment. Second objective is to analyze the risks and limitations in public authorities' data publishing in open data format. The third objective is to propose a solution methodology publication of open data governance. The final aim is the verification of the proposed methodologies in public administration data publishing. These objectives were achieved by studying a large number of information sources, discussions with experts on the given topic and a detailed analysis of the current situation in the particular public body. The contribution of this work is primarily a holistic view of eGovernment and Open Data, including an assessment of the current situation in the context of other EU countries, and in the design and verification of a methodological framework for the analysis and selection of data in the field of publishing open data governance