I assume engagement will be among the first things the new ODI will do (if it passes, which I'm assuming it will)? The UK ODI was the result of four years of negotiating with the UK government. Once they secured the funding, they engaged with the community to be as productive/effective as possible.I'm also not sure if setting up an institute like this is really the kind of thing that goes to tender.On 2014-02-14, at 1:57 PM, Gerry Tychon wrote:I (and I am sure others) am glad whenever there is an Open Data initiative happening but it distressing to see it happening " fait accompli" without engagement.
On 14/02/2014 11:07 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
Seems like a big chunk sole source thing then!
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 5:38 PM, James McKinney <[hidden email]> wrote:
It was on the list on the 11th: http://civicaccess.48776.x6.nabble.com/Fwd-OpenDataBC-Budget-Contains-Funding-for-Open-Data-td6535.html
I don't think it was a tender. It seems to be an OpenText-led initiative. It's news to the people I know at the University of Waterloo.
On 2014-02-14, at 12:26 PM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
Have any of you see of heard this? Were you aware there was a tender for this?
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Kitchener group aiming to mine open data gets $3-million in federal budget
By Terry PenderKITCHENER — A local group of technology companies and organizations received $3 million in the federal budget Tuesday to establish the Open Data Institute.
The money will be provided over three years to get large amounts of data from the public and private sectors into a standard format that can be mined for new insights and innovations leading to new products and companies.
"I am very pleased the federal government has chosen to support this," said Kevin Tuer, managing director of the Canadian Digital Media Network.
The network, which is based in The Tannery in downtown Kitchener, put together a proposal for the federal government that included public and private partners for the Open Data Institute, including Communitech, Desire2Learn, the University of Waterloo and Open Text.
Tuer travelled to Ottawa on Tuesday and was in the budget lock-up to see first hand if the federal government would fund this region's latest move to grow the digital economy.
"We are recognizing the opportunity for open data," said Tuer, managing director of Communitech.
The institute will be a national initiative based in this region, either at the Communitech Hub in The Tannery or at the University of Waterloo, or both.
"It is going to capitalize on getting the open data into the hands of the
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