Re: Open Data appears closed in US

Posted by Steven Clift on Feb 23, 2017; 8:50pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Open-Data-appears-closed-in-US-tp7646p7649.html

The White House site was for data from the White House itself.

This demonstrates the folly of leaving automated digital openness as an optional item based on the whim of the party in power:

See the middle of:

https://medium.com/@democracy/democratic-evolution-or-virtual-civil-war-predictions-from-2003-sadly-come-true-40c4042a92ac

"1. The Rule of Law — Mandate the democratic evolution!

By making exceptional and essential e-democracy best practices universal through the rule of law.

We know most of what works, the technology exists, and great examples abound. Nothing optional in government will become universal or wide spread if it remains unfunded or a choice.

Laws must be passed to require that:

A. By 2005 all public meeting notices with agendas and legally public meeting documents must be posted online not just on a cork board in some government office. No electronic notice, no meeting.

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On Feb 23, 2017 1:54 PM, "Mark Smith" <[hidden email]> wrote:

Thanks. Wonder for how much longer.

 

 

From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Glen Newton
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:47 PM
To: civicaccess discuss <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] Open Data appears closed in US

 

Oddly enough, https://www.data.gov/ still has 194,708 datasets...

 

On 22 February 2017 at 16:21, Mark Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:

Don’t know if you saw this…

 

http://post.oreilly.com/form/oreilly/viewhtml/9z1zl0501q4rei36f4e2ggdhn9cufj010cmlklvsk98?imm_mid=0eda06&cmp=em-data-na-na-newsltr_20170222

 

 

Mark Smith

Associate Director, Repository

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy

Dept. of Community Health Sciences

University of Manitoba

408-727 McDermot Ave
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 3P5

T: <a href="tel:(204)%20789-3264" target="_blank">204-789-3264

E: [hidden email]

W: http://umanitoba.ca/medicine/units/mchp/

 

  

 

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