City of Ottawa - Report - IT Sub Committee Open Government Motion

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

All;

Here are the links to the City of Ottawa documents regarding the adoption of the following City of Ottawa Open Data motion.  Below the motion I included the links to the full report and the supporting documentation.  City staff did a great job on this one.  The Principles of Open Government are also listed. There is also the request for money to support a contest.  The Motion goes to City Council on May 12 (http://www.ottawa.ca/cgi-bin/docs.pl?Elist=14735&lang=en).

a) Carried Motion
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUB-COMMITTEE

SOUS-COMITÉ DE LA TECHNOLogie de l’information

(http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/csedc/2010/05-04/englishdisposition56.htm)

11.       CIty of Ottawa Open data

DONNÉES OUVERTES DE LA VILLE D’OTTAWA

ACS2010-COS-ITS-0005                               City Wide/À l’échelle de la ville

That the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee recommend that Council:

 

1.                  adopt the principles of Open Government, as described in this report, and declare the City of Ottawa data to be “Open”; and

 

2.                  approve 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

3.                  approve 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.

 

                                                                                    CARRIED
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b) IT Sub-Committee to Corporate Services Report
http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/csedc/2010/05-04/11-ACS2010-COS-ITS-0005-Open%20data%20%282%29.htm

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c) Report Supporting Documentation
Document 1:   GIS Data Dissemination Policy
Document 2:   Mayor’s eGovernment Task Force Report: http://ottawa.taskforcereport.ca/documents (available online)
Document 3:   Terms of Use

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d) I try to remember tagging URLs in My.Delicious with civicaccess (http://tinyurl.com/29s7thk) and coacid.  It would be great if we did that will all the URL sent to the list.

Cheers
Tracey
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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault