http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/The-Canadian-Gov-is-talking-data-gov-gc-ca-tp1952p1955.html
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.
--- On Fri, 1/29/10, Tracey P. Lauriault <
> From: Tracey P. Lauriault <
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> Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] The Canadian Gov. is talking data.gov.gc.ca
> To: "civicaccess discuss" <
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> 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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