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- Latest post made by Mark Harris at Apr 15 12:01 NZST
For those not on Twitter, there's a new open data kid on the block. Datadotgc.ca is a volunteer effort holding a mirror up to the Canadian government regarding the sharing of public information. As they say: "Unlike the United States (data.gov) and Britain (data.gov.uk), Canada has no open data strategy. This must change. Canadians paid for the information gathered about our country, ourselves and our government. Free access to it could help stimulate our economy and enhance our democracy. In pursuit of this goal, this website is a citizen-led effort to promote open data and help share data that has already been liberated." I like the league table on the front page ;-) And they give us a credit on their about page! http://www.datadotgc.ca/
On 15/04/10 10:02 AM, Mark Harris wrote: > For those not on Twitter, there's a new open data kid on the block. > Datadotgc.ca is a volunteer effort holding a mirror up to the Canadian > government regarding the sharing of public information. > > http://www.datadotgc.ca/ And I am advised that there's an alternative league table of Canadian agencies at the following link. The Information Commissioner has scored them on the timeliness (or lack thereof) in responding to access to information requests: http://www.infocom.gc.ca/eng/med-roo-sal-med_nr-cp_2010_5.aspx The full report can be downloaded here: http://www.infocom.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr_spe-rep_rap-spe_rep-car_fic-ren_2008-2009.aspx And that's an *official* Canadian Government site.