Yesterday, the City of Ottawa IT Sub Committee agreed to put forward the following motions on Open Government. These motions will be considered by the Corporate Services
and Economic Development Committee on May 4
th and by Council on May
12
th.
1.
That the
Information Technology Sub Committee recommend that Corporate Services and
Economic Development Committee recommend that Council adopt the
principles of Open Government, as described in this report, and declare the
City of Ottawa data to be “Open”
2.
WHEREAS the IT Sub- Committee is
recommending to Council the principles of Open Government and a declaration
stating that City of Ottawa data is to be “Open;”and
WHEREAS
this
requires the removal of barriers for accessing information created or
managed by the City, while respecting privacy and sensitivity concerns; and
WHEREAS
several other Cities have hosted application contests to successfully engage
the community in the use of their data sets to create applications of social
value; and
WHEREAS
it is in the City’s interest to encourage participation by a number of
local communities, including entrepreneurs, students, and community groups in
developing Apps to improve access to City data;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the IT Committee recommend to Council through the Corporate
Services and Economic Development Committee that the City fund an application
open data contest to be funded from the City’s one-time and unforeseen
account with prize money and incentives totaling $50,000.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT
Information Technology Services and Corporate Communications be encouraged to
involve members of the public and others knowledgeable about open data applications
in assisting the City in the contest, particularly in developing the criteria
and website for the City.
Also, here is the link to the last meeting's minutes where the Hackfest and Open data were discussed and CivicAccess is mentioned-
http://www.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/csedc/2010/03-01/minutes5.htm
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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
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