This document outlines an emerging public value approach to open data planning activities. It discusses CTG's three priorities of knowledge creation, information dissemination, and capacity building. It then describes using a public value proposition framework to assess open data initiatives. This framework evaluates initiatives based on their expected public, private, and agency costs and returns, as well as direct citizen benefits, public-at-large benefits, and secondary performance gains. The document also provides examples of open data initiatives recently implemented by various government agencies and outlines a six-step process for identifying an initiative, stakeholders, and assessing the public value expected to be created.