Open data comes to Ottawa (Globe & Mail)

[Ted Hildebrandt]

Open data comes to Ottawa

The Liberals are promising to create an open data portal much like President Barack Obama has done in the United States and both Gordon Brown and David Cameron have done in Britain.

In May of 2010, when it launched a public consultation on the digital economy, the government invited the public to submit proposals and vote on them. Two of the top three ideas involved asking Ottawa to open up access to government-collected data. Three months after the submissions closed, the opposition has decided to act on Canadians’ wishes and release a 21st century open-government strategy that reflects the most popular ideas.

Full Article - http://bit.ly/d1DI17

 

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Ted Hildebrandt
Director of Social Planning
Community Development Halton
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[Tracey P. Lauriault]

finally!  Congrats and lets hope they refer to the work of Natural Resources Canada!

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Ted Hildebrandt <[hidden email]> wrote:

Open data comes to Ottawa

The Liberals are promising to create an open data portal much like President Barack Obama has done in the United States and both Gordon Brown and David Cameron have done in Britain.

In May of 2010, when it launched a public consultation on the digital economy, the government invited the public to submit proposals and vote on them. Two of the top three ideas involved asking Ottawa to open up access to government-collected data. Three months after the submissions closed, the opposition has decided to act on Canadians’ wishes and release a 21st century open-government strategy that reflects the most popular ideas.

Full Article - http://bit.ly/d1DI17

 

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Ted Hildebrandt
Director of Social Planning
Community Development Halton
860 Harrington Court
Burlington, Ontario  L7N 3N4 Canada
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [hidden email]
Web: www.cdhalton.ca
           www.volunteerhalton.ca

Building Community Together

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