RTK Week: Open Gov Data CIO Program, FOI Music, +
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Does everyone know that this Monday Sept 27 to Friday Oct 1 is Right to Know Week? It's the week to raise awareness about access rights through FOI legislation. Lots of things are going on across Canada. Take a look: http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/86 Tracey Lauriault, David Eaves, and Michael Mulley, who have posted on these lists, will be presenting (did I miss anyone?) at some of the Ottawa events. Jennifer Bell presented last year too (http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/35#CA) To mark Right to Know Week, raise some discussion, and get feet tapping, here are a couple of things: 1. From the Canada's Chief Information Officers to you... In April 2010, the Treasury Board of Canada hosted the Chief Information Officer Executive Summit in which Open Government Data was discussed. The official program for the summit (Eng & Fra), the GCPedia entry for the CIO 2010 Executive Summit (Eng, Fra) and the GCPedia entry for the CIO / Open Data Summit (Eng, Fra) were acquired through the Access to Information Act and can be downloaded in a blog I posted here: http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/93 The blog discusses how how open government and access to information can overlap. 2. Freedom of Information Music Results of the 2010 survey for "Freedom of Information Music" can be found here: http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/18 Suggested songs include: "I see you" by Leona Lewis "Janane ka haq (Right to Know)" (the anthem of the Right to Information movement in India) "FOIB - Are You Pickable, Mr. Politician?" by Prof Lungu (Ghana/Japan) "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley "What's Up?" by 4 Non-Blondes "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves "Access to Information" a message from the Access to Information Unit (Jamacia) 3. Live Chat with Information Commissioners... There will be a live on-line chat with Information (and Privacy) commissioners starting tomorrow: http://www.righttoknow.ca/chat/schedule.asp If you'd like a glimpse of plans for 2011's Right to Know Week, http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/11 Happy Right to Know Week, Mark Weiler |
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that means i have the pressure of saying cool things worthy of dissemination!
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Jennifer Bell <[hidden email]> wrote:
-- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 |
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Talk about scandles.... right here in Canada you say?
Here are some bites ... what about
Right to Know Week highlights that the Right to Know is weak.
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Why did the head of a public body refuse to disclose advice developed for the Executive Director of BC Stats immediately prior to ordering an employee (the Population Analyst who had raised concerns about irregularities in the creation of population numbers) to leave the BC Stats offices and was "escorted" off government property?
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Is the use of non-statistical and sub-standard methods and models by BC Stats being used as the new template for Statistics Canada? What does that have to do with Right to Know Weak? The advice not disclosed was in response to my email to the Executive Director of BC Stats wherein I discussed Ivan Fellegi's description of Analytic activities at Statistics Canada. See
All the Best, No Holds Barred, take it to ém Tracey,
Warren
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracey P. Lauriault" <[hidden email]> Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 11:09 am Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] RTK Week: Open Gov Data CIO Program, FOI Music, + To: civicaccess discuss <[hidden email]> Cc: visiblegovernment-discuss <[hidden email]> > that means i have the pressure of saying cool things worthy of > dissemination! > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Jennifer Bell > <[hidden email]>wrote: > > Thanks for bringing this up, Mark. The Right To Know > event I was at last > > year in Ottawa was really well done. If you're in > Ottawa, you should try to > > attend to show support for the Office of the Information > Commissioner for > > doing this sort of event. > > > > The one thing I wish they did a little better last year was > make summaries > > of the content presented more accessible... I remember there > were glitches > > with the bilingual video site that was produced that made it > hard to use. > > It was a shame because while the panel I was on was > terrific, not many > > people attended the event. > > > > If you're there, be sure to *write down* cool things people > are saying, > > pithy quotes, etc. to use on blog posts & link back to the > OIC's content so > > that it can be promoted to people who can't be there. > > > > The event I was at last year happened to be recorded on CPAC: > > > > > > > http://www.cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&act=view3&pagetype=vod&lang=e&clipID=3155> > > My favorite part of the panel was watching Ben Leapmen, who > broke the UK's > > expense scandal via access to information records, describe > the back and > > forth for getting the records (starting at about minute 21), > and the quotes > > from the MP's whose careers were ended by the scandal. > Priceless.> > > Jennifer > > > > --- On *Sun, 9/26/10, Mark Weiler <[hidden email]>* wrote: > > > > > > From: Mark Weiler <[hidden email]> > > Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] RTK Week: Open Gov Data CIO > Program, FOI > > Music, + > > To: "civicaccess-discuss" <[hidden email]>, > > "visiblegovernment-discuss" <visiblegovernment- > [hidden email]>> Received: Sunday, September 26, 2010, > 3:57 PM > > > > > > > > Does everyone know that this Monday Sept 27 to Friday Oct 1 is > Right to > > Know Week? It's the week to raise awareness about access > rights through FOI > > legislation. > > > > Lots of things are going on across Canada. Take a look: > > http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/86 > > > > Tracey Lauriault, David Eaves, and Michael Mulley, who have > posted on these > > lists, will be presenting (did I miss anyone?) at some of the > Ottawa events. > > Jennifer Bell presented last year too ( > > http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/35#CA) > > > > To mark Right to Know Week, raise some discussion, and get > feet tapping, > > here are a couple of things: > > > > 1. From the Canada's Chief Information Officers to you... > > > > In April 2010, the Treasury Board of Canada hosted the Chief > Information> Officer Executive Summit in which Open Government > Data was discussed. > > The official program for the summit (Eng & Fra), the GCPedia > entry for the > > CIO 2010 Executive Summit (Eng, Fra) and the GCPedia entry for > the CIO / > > Open Data Summit (Eng, Fra) were acquired through the Access > to Information > > Act and can be downloaded in a blog I posted here: > > http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/93 > > The blog discusses how how open government and access to > information can > > overlap. > > > > 2. Freedom of Information Music > > > > Results of the 2010 survey for "Freedom of Information Music" > can be found > > here: > > http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/18 > > > > Suggested songs include: > > > > "I see you" by Leona Lewis > > > > "Janane ka haq (Right to Know)" (the anthem of the Right > to Information > > movement in India) > > > > "FOIB - Are You Pickable, Mr. Politician?" by Prof Lungu > (Ghana/Japan)> > > "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley > > > > "What's Up?" by 4 Non-Blondes > > > > "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves > > > > "Access to Information" a message from the Access to > Information Unit > > (Jamacia) > > > > > > 3. Live Chat with Information Commissioners... > > There will be a live on-line chat with Information (and Privacy) > > commissioners starting tomorrow: > > http://www.righttoknow.ca/chat/schedule.asp > > If you'd like a glimpse of plans for 2011's Right to Know Week, > > http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/11 > > > > > > Happy Right to Know Week, > > > > Mark Weiler > > _______________________________________________ > > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > > CivicAccess- > [hidden email]<http://mc/compose?to=[hidden email]> > > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > > [hidden email] > > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > > > > > > -- > Tracey P. Lauriault > 613-234-2805 > |
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