The other week – in the midst of boarding a plane(!) – I did an interview with the CSEDEV on some thoughts around open data, open government and open source. The kind people at CSEDEV have written up the interview in a kind of paraphrased way and published it as three short blog posts here, [...]
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Interview on Open Source, Open Gov & Open Data withe CSEDEV
How Science Is Rediscovering “Open” And What It Means For Government
Pretty much everybody in government should read this fantastic New York Times article Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer’s. On one hand the article is a window into what has gone wrong with science – about how all to frequently a process that used to be competitive but open, and problem focused has [...]
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 [...]
The Public Service is from Mars, We are from Venus
Last week the Clerk of the Privy Council gave a speech this speech in Vancouver. There is much in the speech that is promising, and some that remains problematic. That said, I want to key in on the last part of the Clerk’s speech. Myth number 8: “The Public Service is out of touch with [...]
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