<s>
Administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
are	O
collected	O
by	O
governments	O
or	O
other	O
organizations	O
for	O
non-statistical	O
reasons	O
to	O
provide	O
overviews	O
on	O
registration	O
,	O
transactions	O
,	O
and	O
record	O
keeping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Border	O
records	O
,	O
pensions	O
,	O
taxation	O
,	O
and	O
vital	O
records	O
like	O
births	O
and	O
deaths	O
are	O
examples	O
of	O
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
enables	O
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
,	O
when	O
turned	O
into	O
indicators	O
,	O
to	O
show	O
trends	O
over	O
time	O
and	O
reflect	O
real	O
world	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
recent	O
decades	O
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
on	O
individuals	O
and	O
organization	O
are	O
increasingly	O
computerized	O
and	O
systematic	O
and	O
therefore	O
more	O
feasibly	O
usable	O
for	O
statistics	O
,	O
although	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
come	O
from	O
random	O
samples	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
reporting	O
tools	O
of	O
routine	O
reports	O
,	O
audit	O
trails	O
,	O
and	O
computer	O
programming	O
to	O
cross	O
examine	O
databases	O
,	O
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
are	O
increasingly	O
used	O
for	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
appeal	O
of	O
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
is	O
its	O
ready	O
availability	O
,	O
low	O
cost	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
span	O
over	O
multiple	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
information	O
that	O
the	O
census	O
can	O
provide	O
the	O
administrative	O
system	O
is	O
limited	O
financially	O
and	O
is	O
subject	O
to	O
time	O
constraints	O
which	O
is	O
why	O
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
valuable	O
,	O
especially	O
when	O
linked	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	O
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
allows	O
transparency	O
,	O
participation	O
,	O
efficiency	O
,	O
and	O
economic	O
innovation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linked	B-General_Concept
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
allows	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
large	O
data-sets	O
and	O
has	O
become	O
a	O
vital	O
tool	O
for	O
central	O
and	O
local	O
governments	O
conducting	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
is	O
sought	O
after	O
by	O
open	O
data	O
enthusiasts	O
partly	O
because	O
the	O
data	O
has	O
been	O
already	O
collected	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
reused	O
with	O
minimal	O
additional	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Justice	O
Data	O
Lab	O
(	O
JDL	O
)	O
established	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
by	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Justice	O
proposed	O
how	O
access	O
to	O
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
needs	O
to	O
be	O
improved	O
by	O
linking	O
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
to	O
data	O
produced	O
by	O
public	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JDL	O
case	O
study	O
explores	O
how	O
smaller	O
organization	O
attain	O
access	O
to	O
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
this	O
other	O
Data	O
Labs	O
are	O
anticipated	O
to	O
develop	O
new	O
data-sets	O
and	O
methodologies	O
to	O
showcase	O
how	O
open	O
and	O
linked	B-General_Concept
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
can	O
help	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Concerns	O
over	O
open	O
and	O
linked	B-General_Concept
data	O
beyond	O
government	O
funding	O
and	O
the	O
opposing	O
outcomes	O
have	O
yet	O
to	O
be	O
fully	O
examined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
disadvantages	O
of	O
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
are	O
that	O
the	O
information	O
collected	O
is	O
not	O
always	O
open	O
and	O
is	O
restricted	O
to	O
certain	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
control	O
over	O
content	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
Statistics	O
Canada	O
uses	O
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
to	O
enrich	O
,	O
replace	O
survey	O
data	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
efficiency	O
of	O
statistical	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Issues	O
with	O
data	O
protection	O
is	O
concern	O
as	O
more	O
administrative	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
is	O
becoming	O
open	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Statistics	O
Canada	O
seeks	O
to	O
reduce	O
privacy	O
invasiveness	O
of	O
personal	O
identifiers	O
by	O
having	O
them	O
removed	O
for	O
the	O
linked	B-General_Concept
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
access	O
to	O
linked	B-General_Concept
files	O
with	O
personal	O
identifiers	O
is	O
allowed	O
in	O
cases	O
with	O
authorization	O
and	O
have	O
security	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
encryption	O
,	O
applied	O
.	O
</s>
