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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment activities in British Columbia.
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- eGovernment - British Columbia - Archive
- Archived articles and resources about egovernment activities in British Columbia.
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- DataBC: Easier, better search, new look and more data
- Ministry of Citizens' Services and Open Government, News Relese 2013CITZ0004-000289, February 18, 2013. "Victoria – B.C.'s award-winning, open-government data resource, DataBC, unveiled significant upgrades today. The updated site features a new search tool and improved user design to make finding data even easier. Today’s changes feature new search tools and website design that builds on an already impressive track record. Popular features such as the DataBC blog and data mapping and visualization tools are now easier to access. The search tool now uses Google algorithms so users can more easily search the site's growing library of data. Data catalogue searches can be refined using keywords and attributes such as licence type so users can find datasets that suit their needs..."
Added: 21 February 2013;
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- New BC Services Card raises privacy concerns
- CBC News, February 15, 2013. "British Columbians can now combine their drivers licence with a CareCard in a new BC Services Card, but critics are questioning how citizens' privacy will be protected under the new system. The new cards include a photograph and an expiry date, to ensure the people who use them are actually the proper holders of the cards..."
Added: 19 February 2013;
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- New BC Services Card replaces CareCard
- Ministry of Health; Ministry of Citizens' Services and Open Government, News Release, 2013HLTH0025-000253, February 15, 2013. "Vancouver – British Columbians can now replace their CareCard with the new BC Services Card. 'Starting today, the old CareCard will be replaced by the BC Services Card, a highly secure form of identification,' said Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid. 'This new card will be a secure piece of photo identification with many anti-fraud and security features including secure design, an expiry date and enhanced features which will help to protect citizens' personal information.' Most adults will need to re-enrol in the Medical Services Plan over the next five years. The easiest way for British Columbians to enrol is to do so when renewing their driver’s licence and opt for the combined card that includes both a driver’s licence and BC Services Card. People who do not drive can still enrol at the nearest location where driver’s licences are issued..."
Added: 19 February 2013;
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- DataBC finished first 18 months, makes access to government data easy
- Beacon Reporter BC, Beacon News, January 1, 2013. "DataBC makes unemployment figures, travel expenses a click away... The program's website currently holds over 2,700 government data files, from the latest graduate unemployment rate in the province to current expenditures on various services. On average, one or two new sets of data are uploaded on the website everyday..."
Added: 31 January 2013;
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- Open government: Turning past practice on its head
- by Toby Fyfe, Vol. #18 Issue #8. Canadian Government Executive, Monday, November 5, 2012. "When GTEC begins on November 5 in Ottawa, British Columbia will be on display. Kim Henderson, Deputy Minister, Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government, spoke with editor-in-chief Toby Fyfe about B.C.'s role as this year's showcase province. What progress has the province made toward open government? Just over a year ago B.C. went live with Canada's first approach to open government with an open data platform. At the time we had over 2,400 data sets that citizens were able to reuse and repurpose. We also launched an open information platform where we’ve made available routine releases of information like expenses and also made available any general freedom-of-information requests that are made by applicants. As well, we launched a brand new web presence for the province that was based on focus groups with citizens on how they want to interact with government..."
Added: 21 November 2012;
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- Bridging B.C.'s digital divide
- Ministry of Citizens' Services and Open Government, News Release 2012CITZ0004-001751, November 9, 2012. "Victoria – The B.C. government today announced it is seeking partners to help bring affordable high-speed Internet to families in remote regions of the province. The B.C. Broadband Satellite Initiative will see the B.C. government invest up to two million dollars through 2016-17 to leverage the latest generation of satellite technology. This will make access to high-speed Internet connections affordable and available to residents of remote areas of B.C. where service is not currently available. Approximately 3 per cent of B.C.'s population lives in areas where satellite technology provides the only option for a high-speed Internet connection for the foreseeable future..."
Added: 14 November 2012;
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- B.C. taps into social media for tsunami warnings
- System will utilize the web and mobile sites to spread the word, By Zoe McKnight, Vancouver Sun, November 13, 2012. "The province is planning a social media push and new email notifications to send out warnings the next time a tsunami threatens coastal communities. Justice Minister Shirley Bond and Emergency Management B.C. director of operations Chris Duffy announced Monday a secondary warning system will now accompany the existing Provincial Emergency Notification System (PENS), which uses phone, fax and email, following a review of existing procedures. Under the current system, seismic activity is detected by the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre, which automatically sends out an alert to the public and first responders if the event poses a tsunami risk..."
Added: 14 November 2012;
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- BC Colon Cancer Screening Government Twitter Fail
- By Andree Lau. The Huffington Post B.C. Posted: 5 November 2012. "The B.C. government unveiled a new early screening program Monday to prevent colon cancer deaths, but raised some eyebrows when its official Twitter account mistakenly sent a link to a comedic YouTube video about colorectal surgeons..."
Added: 8 November 2012;
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- Open data complements justice reform action plan
- Ministry of Justice, News Release, October 29, 2012. "Victoria – A new set of online data dashboards about criminal prosecutions went live today, providing citizens with the opportunity to better understand and analyze the B.C. justice system's operations. The data dashboards align with the B.C. government’s action plan for justice reform. The new criminal justice data dashboards – which expand on the courts and corrections dashboards launched earlier this year – offer B.C. criminal prosecution statistics over the past eight years. Taking raw data and transforming it into a visually friendly format by plotting it onto interactive maps of B.C. helps to create a more common understanding of the justice system’s day-to-day operations. Users are also able to query the data and generate their results into bar graphs..."
Added: 31 October 2012;
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- Gold mines to data mines: DataBC tops 3,000 datasets
- British Columbia - Ministry of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government. News Release, Aug. 30, 2012. "Victoria – The B.C. government's open data website, DataBC, has released its 3,000th dataset today. This is a significant milestone, as it brings the number of datasets released to 3,041, announced Minister of Labour, Citizens’ Services and Open Government Margaret MacDiarmid. Contributing to this milestone is data on natural resource production, including gold, going back to the 1850s. The datasets posted today will give researchers, citizens and industry a virtual time machine, allowing them to look, in some cases, all the way back to 1858. This type of natural resource data can help identify trends in production and demand across the last 150 years and is invaluable in creating accurate statistical models for future development. The success of the DataBC website continues to define B.C. as a leader in Canada..."
Added: 6 September 2012;
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- Credibility of democracy put at risk by online voting
- By Cristian Worthington, Vancouver Sun, August 17, 2012. "Chief electoral officer Keith Archer has announced the formation of a panel of experts to investigate whether British Columbia should adopt Internet voting. Let's hope the panel focuses on the big picture before getting bogged down with technical details. Our democracy is built on the assurance of a secret ballot and the principle that one person gets only one vote..."
Added: 20 August 2012;
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- Policy on the Use of Electronic Devices in Courtrooms - in pdf format (292kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Effective Date: September 17, 2012. Purpose and Scope - This policy sets out the permitted and prohibited use of electronic devices in courtrooms of the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the Provincial Court of British Columbia..."
Added: 2 August 2012;
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- B.C. courts open doors to tweeting, social media from public gallery
- by Jeremy Nuttall, The Canadian Press, Wednesday, August 1, 2012. "Vancouver - B.C. courtrooms will no longer be tweet-free zones, after a decision to allow some limited use of electronic communication devices in the public gallery during trials. But it won't be a tweet-for-all. Just lawyers and accredited members of the media will be allowed to text during trials at the Supreme and provincial courts. Members of the public will only be allowed to do so from the galleries of the B.C. Court of Appeal because cases in that arena are on written record with no witnesses..."
Added: 2 August 2012;
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- govTogetherBC
- Government of British Columbia. "GovTogetherBC is the hub for government engagement opportunities that require your participation - to listen, get informed and speak up. It supports the government in its objective to become more transparent and accessible..."
Added: 25 June 2012;
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- British Columbians invited to GovTogether
- British Columbia Government Newsroom, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. "Victoria - A new website that brings together all of government's public engagement opportunities in a single location and encourages British Columbians to become more involved in their communities was announced today by Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government. GovTogetherBC is a user-friendly site that was developed as part of the B.C. government's ongoing commitment to make government more open and transparent..."
Added: 25 June 2012;
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