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Posted by Jennifer Bell on 2010-04-30 14:02:41

Suzanne Legault, Canada's Interim Information Commissioner, gave a blockbuster speech yesterday to the standing Parliamentary Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics. In it, she lays out 5 principles for open government - the first of which calls for leadership from the Prime Minister.

The five principles are:

Posted by Jennifer Bell on 2010-04-29 23:16:05

Posted by Jennifer Bell on 2010-04-07 19:35:13

Posted by Jennifer Bell on 2010-03-17 17:48:26

An update to yesterday's post on Canadian Open Data events: An informal meet-up of Government of Canada employees for drafting Canada's Open Data Strategy was announced yesterday on twitter. The group will be meeting Friday at Darcy McGee's, not far from Parliament Hill. The announcement, which warms my heart, reads:

Posted by Jennifer Bell on 2010-03-16 15:15:05

Posted by Jennifer Bell on 2010-02-17 22:52:32

Last week I spoke with City of Edmonton CIO Chris Moore about the history of the city’s open data initiative. The roots of Edmonton’s open data catalogue, launched last month, stretch back to February 2009, when the city’s IT group began to re-assess the way they deliver services, their internal culture, and their role in the city. It turns out that the catalogue, and city’s open data strategy, are the publicly visible face of a full revitalization campaign for the city’s IT group.

Posted by Jennifer Bell on 2010-02-12 21:39:09

Posted by Jennifer Bell on 2010-01-22 22:17:28

Posted by Jennifer Bell on 2010-01-15 18:28:48

Posted by Jennifer Bell on 2009-12-14 20:13:17

Last week saw three big open data announcements, from governments on three continents:

In the US, the Obama administration released an 11-page Open Government Directive, the culmination of 2009's Open Government Initiative public consultation process. The directive's language is concrete and actionable, even including specific dates for implementation milestones. Here's a sample: