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- Data.gc.ca - Data Sets I found that are interesting, and some suggestions
- by David Eaves. 16 March 2012. "Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the Canadian federal government's open data portal. Over the past year government officials have been continuously adding to the portal, but as it isn't particularly easy to browse data sets on the website, I've noticed a lot of people aren't aware of what data is now available (self included!). Consequently, I want to encourage people to scan the available data sets and blog about ones that they think might be interesting to them personally, to others, or to communities of interests they may know..."
Added: 19 March 2012;
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- 2012 Canada Digital Future in Focus
- comScore Whitepaper, March 1, 2012. "comScore presents the 2012 Canada Digital Future in Focus, its annual report on the prevailing trends in general web usage and demographics, social media, online video, digital advertising, mobile and search that are defining the current Canadian marketplace and insights into what these trends mean for the year ahead..." [Requires registration to download]
Added: 14 March 2012;
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- comScore Releases the '2012 Canada Digital Future in Focus' Report
- Report Highlights the Latest Digital Trends in Canada and What They Mean for the Year Ahead. Toronto, Canada, March 1, 2012. "comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the 2012 Canada Digital Future in Focus report. This annual report examines how the prevailing trends in general web usage and demographics, social media, online video, digital advertising, mobile and search are defining the current Canadian marketplace and provides insight into what these trends mean for the year ahead..."
Added: 14 March 2012;
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- Access to Information, Open Data and the Problem with Convergence
- by David Eaves. 9 March 2012. "In response to my post yesterday one reader sent me a very thoughtful commentary that included this line at the end: "Rather than compare [Freedom of Information] FOI legislation and Open Gov Data as if it's 'one or the other', do you think there's a way of talking about how the two might converge?" One small detail: So before diving in to the meat let me start by saying I don't believe anything in yesterday's post claimed open data was better or worse than Freedom of Information (FOI often referred to in Canada as Access to Information or ATI). Seeing FOI and open data as competing suggests they are similar tools. While they have similar goals - improving access - and there may be some overlap, I increasingly see them as fundamentally different tools. This is also why I don't see an opportunity for convergence in the short term (more on that below). I do, however, believe open data and FOI processes can be complimentary. Indeed, I'm hopeful open data can alleviate some of the burden placed on FOI system which are often slow. Indeed, in Canada, government departments regularly violate rules around disclosure deadlines. If anything, this complimentary nature was the implicit point in yesterday's post (which I could have made more explicit)..."
Added: 13 March 2012;
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- Calculating the Value of Canada's Open Data Portal: A Mini-Case Study
- by David Eaves. 8 March 2012. "Okay, let's geek out on some open data portal stats from data.gc.ca. I've got three parts to this review: First, an assessment on how to assess the value of data.gc.ca. Second, a look at what are the most downloaded data sets. And third, some interesting data about who is visiting the portal..."
Added: 13 March 2012;
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- Let's Hack data.gc.ca
- by David Eaves, 5 March 2012. "In just under two weeks data.gc.ca will celebrate its one year anniversary. This will also mark the period that the pilot project is officially supposed to end. Looking at data.gc.ca three things stand out. First, the license has improved a great deal since its launch. Second, a LOT of data has been added to the site over the last year. And finally, the website is remarkably bad at searching for data and enabling a community of users..."
Added: 7 March 2012;
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- Joining the Canadian Government's Advisory Panel on Open Government
- by David Eaves, 29 February 2012. "Some people have already noticed, so wanted to share the news here as well. Yesterday, the Canadian Government announced the Advisory Panel on Open Government to which I was asked to join. The purpose of the panel is to serve as a challenge function to the government as it develops its ideas and policies. I see my role as that of pushing the government on where I believe they could be doing more..."
Added: 5 March 2012;
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- Minister Clement announces Advisory Panel on Open Government
- Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Canada News Centre, February 28, 2012. "Ottawa – The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for FedNor, chaired today the first meeting of an advisory panel of leading experts to provide the Government with advice and guidance on its Open Government activities..."
Added: 1 March 2012;
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- 2 Nations' Approaches to Data Center and Email Consolidation
- By Colin Wood. Government Technology, February 27, 2012. "After years of talk about cutting costs and eliminating waste, U.S. and Canadian federal governments are making good on those promises as leaders in both countries attack ambitious IT consolidation projects..."
Added: 1 March 2012;
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- Social media pushes government, says Clement
- By Howard Solomon. IT World Canada, 17 February 2012. "Tens of thousands of tweets and email were why the Harper government acted on usage-based billing last year, says minister. Read why he's interested in trying crowdsourcing. If there was any doubt social media can be a weapon for successfully pressuring government, Treasury Board president Tony Clement has cleared it up. During speech in Toronto on Friday, Clement said last year's public uproar over the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) decision allowing usage-based Internet billing was a 'seminal moment for social media in Canada.'..."
Added: 20 February 2012;
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- Canadian government and politics at a crossroads, it's time to get with it
- Don Lenihan argues for much greater citizen engagement in an increasingly complex world. By Kate Malloy, The Hill Times Online, February 6, 2012. "Something's gotta give and that something has to be government, says Don Lenihan, vice-president, engagement at Canada's Public Policy Forum in Ottawa, and author of the recently-released and groundbreaking book, Rescuing Policy: The Case For Public Engagement. Public policy issues are becoming increasingly complex in an increasingly complex world, says Mr. Lenihan, but the government’s decision-making process is still stuck back in a simpler time when it could make decisions without much input from stakeholders and citizens. That has to change..."
Added: 13 February 2012;
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- Expansion of Open Data Portal
- Government of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat, Canada News Centre, February 2, 2012. "Ottawa – The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for FedNor, today announced the addition of more than 6,000 data sets to the Open Data Portal at www.data.gc.ca. "These new additions are high-value data sets that Canadians can use in innovative ways to create economic opportunities," said Minister Clement. "I encourage current and potential Canadian entrepreneurs to take a look and determine how they could benefit their businesses."..."
Added: 8 February 2012;
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- Open Government Advocacy: The Danger of Letting Narrative Trump Fact
- by David Eaves, 4 January 2012. "... Today Canada.com published a story "Tony Clement vows innovative new open government, but critics point to poor record." In it, Jason Fekete the journalist responsible for the story, quotes a Democracy Watch spokesperson who sadly gets the facts completely wrong despite the fact that I warned Democracy Watch about their error a month ago after their press release caused similar errors to appear in a CBC story. I'll outline why this is problem later in the post. Bur first the error. In the article Fekete reports Democracy Watch said it will appeal to the international open government group to reject Canada's entry because the federal government failed to keep one of its required commitments to consult Canadians. Ottawa announced its online consultation one day after the watchdog complained about it. This is, in fact, not true. To date, the government has not failed to meet its commitment..."
Added: 3 February 2012;
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- Retrospectica: True test of Clement and open government yet to come 2011
- by Elizabeth Thompson. iPolitics, December 29, 2011. "He is one of the most open cabinet ministers. He is one of the most secretive cabinet ministers. Which Tony Clement you get often depends on the subject. Over the past year, Clement has been one of Canada's most approachable MPs. Send him a message on Twitter and chances are he will respond. As treasury board president he is opening the government up to new technology — from reading speeches off his iPad, to doing interviews via Skype, or organizing the federal government's first Twitter Town Hall to discuss his open government initiative..."
Added: 2 February 2012;
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- Clement tweets his way into Canadian history with Twitter town hall
- by Elizabeth Thompson. iPolitics, Posted on December 15, 2011. "Treasury Board President Tony Clement put his mouse where his mouth was Thursday, hosting the Canadian government's first ever Twitter town hall as part of Canada's formal consultations on the international open government initiative. The initiative was so popular that at one point during the English town hall it was one of the top 10 trending topics in Canada, beating out National Cupcake Day in popularity..."
Added: 22 December 2011;
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