IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III Journal of Governance Volume 4, Issue 2, December 2019 (136-155) (P-ISSN 2528-276X) (E-ISSN 2598-6465) http://dx.doi.org/10.31506/jog.v4i2.6751 136 Does The Government Effectively in Optimizing Open Data? Analysis "Jago Data" in Yogyakarta Municipality Al Fauzi Rahmat 1 , Achmad Nurmandi 2 , Dian Suluh Kusuma Dewi 3 , Salahudin 4 1,2 Master of Government Affairs and Administration, JK School of Government, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, 3 Department of Government Science, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo, 4 Department of Government Science, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang 1 al.fauzi.psc19@mail.umy.ac.id, 2 nurmandiachmad@gmail.com, 3 suluh.dian@gmail.com, 4 salahudinmsi@umm.ac.id Recieved: November 29 2019; Revised: December 08 2019; Accepted: December 09 2019 Abstract: Open Government Data (OGD) is a database produced by the government that can be freely accessed, used or modified, therefore, this is a support to increase transparency and public participation. This article aims to analyze the effectively optimizing Open Government Data on the Jogja Go Open Data “JAGO DATA” in Yogyakarta Municipality. Furthermore, the methodology of this article uses qualitative research with in-depth interviews and literature, moreover, the variables of this research are focused on legal guidelines and frameworks (crosstab query is 47.5%), the ability of web portal system (crosstab query is 27.5%), and human resource in government and its attitude (crosstab query is 25%), therefore, its data findings were analyzed with NVivo 12 plus software. The result of this article shows that the Yogyakarta city government successfully implemented JAGO DATA to support transparency, accountability, and encourage public participation, moreover, it is has implemented directives regarding Open Data regulation and its innovation designed with a collaborative among regional-level work units (SKPD). Therefore, the JAGO DATA portal is rated as user-friendly with the model used at the information stage and its maturity of a web portal is still in the pre-adoption level. Keywords: OGD, e-government, effectively, jogja go Open Data, yogyakarta municipality Introduction In recent years, studies on Open Government Data (OGD) have been found in several kinds of literature (Corrêa, Corrêa, & Da Silva, 2014; Soegiono, 2018; Xiao, He, Chi, Jeng, & Tomer, 2019). Almost all countries recognize and realize the importance of Open Government Data (Retnowati, Manongga, & Sunarto, 2018). Therefore, the presence of OGD is seen as a step by the government to increase the transparency, participation, collaboration (Wirtz, Weyerer, & Rösch, 2018), as well as accountability in public organization (Yavuz & Welch, 2014). However, empirically, it turns out that OGD is often found in several public sectors, but there are still governments that have not optimized its innovation (Aritonang, 2017; Jayanti, 2018; Pin-Yu &