The Canadian Gov. is talking data.gov.gc.ca

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

data.gov.gc.ca! 

Yup the Interim Commissioner for the Government of Canada, Suzanne Legault (http://www.infocom.gc.ca/about/default-e.asp) discussed open data for Canada!  I was given the paper version of the ppt deck today, and lo and behold! 

datalibre.ca and civicaccess.ca are in there as grass roots initiatives in Canada. 

Below is the blurb about the Discussion hosted by the Canada School for Public Service (http://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/eve/air/arc/index-eng.asp).

January 21, 2010 | 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. (ET) (http://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/eve/air/arc/arc10-eng.asp#a20100121),

Managing Access to Information as a National Resource for Greater Innovation

Language: Bilingual

Information management's main drive is to make information accessible and reusable. Paradoxically, after 25 years of access regulations and proliferation of enabling technologies, government information is less readily accessible than anticipated. Today, our knowledge economy requires that institutions harness technologies and manage information with a view to routinely disclosing and disseminating as much data as legitimate security and privacy considerations will allow. This will ensure timely access to a strategic national resource that can most effectively contribute to stimulate Canadian entrepreneurship and innovation.

Speaker :

Suzanne Legault was appointed as Interim Information Commissioner of Canada effective June 30, 2009.

Ms. Legault was Assistant Commissioner for the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada since June 18, 2007, responsible for the Policy, Communications and Operations Branch.

I will see if I can get the dvd on interlibrary loan and also try to find out how this got onto her agenda and where it is going.

Also, it means that we might want to make our web presence a bit more non hacked in look and content!

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

[Jennifer Bell]

I'm really glad the OIC is pushing this.  The wording of that meeting blurb is terrific.

Of course, the topic is getting pretty hard to ignore -- what with the recent announcements from the US, Australia, and UK on their data catalogs and initiatives.  

Jennifer Bell
http://visiblegovernment.ca

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> From: Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]>
> Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] The Canadian Gov. is talking data.gov.gc.ca
> To: "civicaccess discuss" <[hidden email]>
> Received: Friday, January 29, 2010, 6:35 PM
> data.gov.gc.ca! 
>
> Yup the
>
>
>
>  Interim Commissioner for the Government of Canada, Suzanne
> Legault (http://www.infocom.gc.ca/about/default-e.asp)
> discussed open data for Canada!  I was given the paper
> version of the ppt deck today, and lo and behold! 
>
>
> datalibre.ca and civicaccess.ca are in there
> as grass roots initiatives in Canada. 
>
> Below is the blurb about the Discussion hosted by the
> Canada School for Public Service (http://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/eve/air/arc/index-eng.asp).
>
>
> January 21, 2010  |  8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.  ( ET ) (http://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/eve/air/arc/arc10-eng.asp#a20100121),
>
>
>         Managing
> Access to Information as a National Resource for Greater
> Innovation
>
>         Language:
> Bilingual  
>        
>         Information
> management's main drive is to make information
> accessible and reusable.
> Paradoxically, after 25 years of access regulations and
> proliferation
> of enabling technologies, government information is less
> readily
> accessible than anticipated. Today, our knowledge economy
> requires that
> institutions harness technologies and manage information
> with a view to
> routinely disclosing and disseminating as much data as
> legitimate
> security and privacy considerations will allow. This will
> ensure timely
> access to a strategic national resource that can most
> effectively
> contribute to stimulate Canadian entrepreneurship and
> innovation.
>  
> Speaker :
> Suzanne Legault
>  was appointed as Interim Information Commissioner
> of Canada effective June 30, 2009.
>
> Ms. Legault was Assistant
> Commissioner for the Office of the
> Information Commissioner of Canada since June 18, 2007,
> responsible for
> the Policy, Communications and Operations Branch.
>
> I will see if I can get the dvd on interlibrary loan and
> also try to find out how this got onto her agenda and where
> it is going.
>
> Also, it means that we might want to make our web presence
> a bit more non hacked in look and content!
>
>
> --
> Tracey P. Lauriault
> 613-234-2805
> https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
>
>
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