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Monthly Archives October 2009

The Stimulus Map: Open Data and enhancing our democracy

The subject of the distribution of stimulus monies has been generating a fair amount of interest. Indeed, the Globe published this piece and the Halifax Chronicle-Herald published this piece analyzing the spending. But something more interesting is also happening…
Yesterday, my friend Ducky Sherwood and her husband Jim published their own analysis, an important development for [...]

Posted 30 October 2009 | David Eaves § canadian politics § open data § public policy ‡ Comments ° Tagged: , , , ,

Canada’s Arctic Strategy – playing to the strengths of others

Last week I the good fortune of participating in an intimate workshop on Canadian foreign policy hosted by CIGI and convened in preparation for an upcoming issue of the International Journal in which the papers will be published.
One of the participants, Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon, gave an excellent paper on The United Nations and the Regime to [...]

Posted 29 October 2009 | David Eaves § canadian foreign policy § canadian politics § public policy ‡ Comments ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Upcoming talk: Toronto Innovation Showcase

Just a little FYI to let people know I’m going to be in Toronto on Monday, November 2nd for the City of Toronto’s Innovation Showcase.
I’ll be doing a panel Open Government with Maryantonett Flumian (President of the Institute On Governance, I remember meeting her when she was Deputy Minister of Service Canada), Nick Vitalari [...]

Posted 28 October 2009 | David Eaves § cool links § interesting people § open data ‡ Comments ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Gov 2.0: If I could start with a blank sheet of paper… (part 1)

I was recently invited to be a member of the International Reference Group of the Australian Government’s Web 2.0 Taskforce. Like with the British – who drafted this excellent report – I’m impressed the Australian government is thinking about Web 2.0 comprehensively and strategically, and that it was reaching out internationally to a group of [...]

Posted 26 October 2009 | David Eaves § public service sector renewal § technology ‡ Comments °

Optimism is an instrument of policy

Here is a draft version of a paper I’m working on. It is part of a workshop I’m heading too where each participant was given a quote said by John Holmes, the well known and highly respected Canadian diplomat and foreign policy expert.
Mine was “Optimism is an instrument of policy” which I found to be [...]

Posted 22 October 2009 | David Eaves § canadian foreign policy § canadian politics ‡ Comments °

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