As many readers know, Vancouver passed what has locally been termed the Open3 motion a year ago and has had a open data portal up and running for several months. Around the world much of the focus of open data initiatives have focused on the development of applications like Vancouver’s Vantrash, Washington DC’s Stumble Safely [...]
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Open Data: An Example of the Long Tail of Public Policy at Work
Opening Parliament and other big announcements
This is going to be an exciting week for online activists seeking to make government more open and engaged. First off, openparliament.ca launched yesterday. This is a fantastic site with a lot going for it – go check it out (after reading my other updates!). And huge kudos to its creator Michael Mulley. Just another [...]
Vancouver Open Data Version 2: New Apps to create
Wow, wow, wow. The City of Vancouver has just launched version 2 of its open data portal. A number of new data sets have been added to the site which is very exciting. Better still previously released data sets have been released in new formats. Given that at 5pm tomorrow (Tuesday. Jan 26th) there will [...]
BC Government’s blog on renewing the Water Act
On Friday the Government of British Columbia announced that it was beginning the process to renew the province’s water act. This is, in of itself, important and good. More interesting however, is that the government has chosen to launch a blog to discuss ideas, prospective changes and generally engage the public on water issues. It [...]
My Unfinished Business Talk in Toronto
I’m really pleased to share that I’ll be giving a talk at the Ontario College of Art & Design this January 14th, 2010. The talk is one I’ve been giving for government officials a fair bit of late – it is on how technology, open methodologies and social change are creating powerful pressures for reform [...]
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