A number of governments have begun to initiate open data and open government strategies. With more governments moving in this direction a growing number of public servants are beginning to understand the issues, obstacles, challenges and opportunities surrounding open data and open government. Indeed, these challenges are why many of these public servants frequent this [...]
Entries from the “open data” category
Are you a Public Servant? What are your Open Data Challenges?
Creating Open Data Apps: Lessons from Vantrash Creator Luke Closs
Last week, as part of the Apps for Climate Action competition (which is open to anyone in Canada), I interviewed the always awesome Luke Closs. Luke, along with Kevin Jones, created VanTrash, a garbage pick up reminder app that uses open data from the City of Vancouver. In it, Luke shares some of the lessons [...]
Ministerial Twitter Battle! $130M tax payer dollars wasted! Conspiracy theories!
Who knew the census could be so exciting. Yesterday, I published Why you should care about the sudden demise of the mandatory long census form on the Globe and Mail website (also can be found here on this blog). One interesting impact of the piece was that it generated the following debate between the Minister [...]
Your Government Just Got Dumber: how it happened and why it matters to you
This piece was published in the Globe and Mail today so always nice when you read it there and let them know it matters to you. Last week the Conservative Government decided that it would kill the mandatory long census form it normally sends out to thousands of Canadians every five years. On the surface [...]
Open Canada – Hello Globe and Mail?
Richard Poynder has a wonderful (and detailed) post on his blog Open and Shut about the state of open data in the UK. Much of it covers arguments about why open data matters economically and democratically (the case I’ve been making as well). It is worthwhile reading for policy makers and engaged citizens. There is [...]
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