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Herb Lainchbury

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Date: 2014-10-09 12:30 GMT-07:00
Subject: Canada's draft Action Plan on Open Government 2.0 - Open for feedback (Oct. 9-20) / Version provisoire du Plan d'action du Canada pour un gouvernement ouvert 2.0 - Ouverte à la rétroaction (du 9 au 20 octobre)
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(Le texte français suit.)
 
Hello,
 
On behalf of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS), we would like to invite you to comment on Canada’s draft Action Plan on Open Government 2.0. Since April of this year we have been holding consultations to support the development of Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government 2.0 to enhance the Government of Canada’s strategy on transparency, innovativeness, and accountability.
 
 
The public feedback received in response to the consultation has been invaluable and has helped inform the development of the Action Plan on Open Government 2.0. We are now pleased to share the draft version of Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government 2.0 for your comments.
 
The draft Action Plan 2.0. will be open for public review and feedback from October 9th to 20th, 12:00 p.m. (EDT), 2014, and the final version of Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government 2.0 will be released at the end of October.
 
Please play an active role and partake in this opportunity to help shape the future of Open Government in Canada.
 
As always, we look forward to receiving your input.
 
Thank you for your ongoing interest in Open Government.
 
 
The Open Government Secretariat, TBS
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Bonjour,
 
Au nom du Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor (SCT), nous vous invitons à formuler des commentaires au sujet de la version provisoire du Plan d’action du Canada pour un gouvernement ouvert 2.0. Depuis avril de cette année, nous tenons des consultations afin d’appuyer l’élaboration du Plan d’action du Canada pour un gouvernement ouvert 2.0 dans le cadre de la stratégie du gouvernement du Canada visant à accroître la transparence, l’innovation et la responsabilisation.
 
 
Les commentaires du public reçus en réponse à la consultation ont été précieux et ont contribué à éclairer l’élaboration du Plan d’action pour un gouvernement ouvert 2.0. Nous sommes heureux de vous communiquer la version provisoire du Plan d’action du Canada pour un gouvernement ouvert 2.0, afin que vous puissiez formuler des commentaires à son sujet.
 
Le public sera en mesure de consulter et de commenter la version provisoire du Plan d’action 2.0 du 9 au 20 octobre 2014 à 12 h (HAE), et la version définitive du Plan d’action du Canada pour un gouvernement ouvert 2.0 sera publiée à la fin du mois d’octobre.   
 
Nous vous invitons à jouer un rôle actif et à profiter de cette occasion de contribuer à façonner l’avenir du gouvernement ouvert au Canada.  
 
Comme toujours, nous anticipons grandement de recevoir vos commentaires. 
 
Merci de l’intérêt continu que vous portez au gouvernement ouvert. 
 
 
Le Secrétariat du gouvernement ouvert, SCT
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Herb Lainchbury

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Please note, this is a draft for consultation and the Government of Canada is inviting feedback on the draft until the 20th of October.  

I have read it and think it is very good.  I would be interested in hearing what others who have read it think about it.  

They have also published feedback and input they have received since they started this process which can be found here: http://data.gc.ca/eng/content/capog-20-what-we-heard

James McKinney

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There have not been many comments. Last chance to give input on Canada’s open government initiative (deadline Monday)! http://data.gc.ca/eng/canadas-draft-action-plan-open-government-20#comment-form

Open North submitted its comment this morning, which I expect will show up on their page shortly. Here’s our comment:


The Action Plan’s commitments are significant and ambitious. However, it is important to consider not only what is in the plan, but what was left out. In a first section, we (Open North) recommend new commitments. In a second section, we recommend edits to existing commitments.

1. New Commitments

1.1. Open Communication
Open data and open science benefit from users having access to the people responsible for the data or research: to ask questions, confirm interpretations, discuss applications, report errors, find related work, or explore ways to add value to the data or research, for example. Open communication is foundational to open data and open science; it removes barriers to the reuse of published government data and research, much like an open data licence. Encouraging open communication supports every commitment. This human communication benefits from communications policies that support open and timely communication between data owners, scientists and the public. In tandem with the digital and pedagogical solutions discussed under other commitments, open communication helps maximize the impact of the Government’s open government initiatives.
[Proposed commitment:] “The Government of Canada will issue a government-wide directive on open communication to establish that data owners and scientists can speak freely with the public about their data and research, subject to applicable restrictions related to privacy, confidentiality, and security.“

1.2. Data Availability
Open data represents a “tremendous commercial opportunity,” as cited in the Action Plan. Businesses built on open data strongly rely on its continued availability; in cases where open data is mission critical, its sudden unavailability can cause the failure of business operations. Similarly, other levels of government, not-for-profit organizations, and charities rely on open data to plan their activities and measure their impact. Uncertainty about the continued availability of open data is a barrier to the commercialization and use of open data. In order to reduce uncertainty and promote the long-term viability of activities built on open data, the Government should adopt strategies for communicating the longevity of datasets and for handling the cancellation of data publication or data collection activities to minimize the impact on the operations of data users.
[Proposed commitment:] “The Government of Canada will complete public consultations with citizens, civil society and the private sector on how to ensure that open data of continuing value remains accessible and usable and continues to be collected.“

1.3. Open Contracting Global Principles
Under its Open Contracting commitment, the Government of Canada expresses support for the Open Contracting Partnership and its Open Contracting Global Principles. The Government should go one step further and endorse these principles, which open data leaders like the United Kingdom have already done.
[Proposed commitment:] “The Government of Canada will endorse the Open Contracting Global Principles.”

2. Existing Commitments

2.1. Implement Directive on Open Government
The Action Plan explains that departments and agencies will “be required to develop inventories of their data and information." These inventories should be made available to the public, thereby allowing the public to participate in prioritizing datasets for release, as has been done in the United States through Project Open Data and the United Kingdom through data.gov.uk.
[Proposed edit:] Replace “Establishing and maintaining inventories of data and information holdings” with “Establishing, maintaining, and making available to the public inventories of data and information holdings”.

While we applaud the establishment of the Canadian Open Data Exchange to promote the commercialization of open data, the Directive on Open Government, on the other hand, should not be limited to maximizing the release of data and information “of business value.” Throughout the OGP’s documentation, no value – whether business, social, democratic or scientific – takes precedence over any other. The directive should therefore not privilege business value.
[Proposed edit:] Either replace “of business value” with “of business or social value” or delete the words “of business value”.

2.2. Mandatory Reporting on Extractives
We look forward to the opportunity to provide additional input during the public consultations. At this time, we will emphasize the importance of providing single-window online access to the mandatory reporting on extractives. Just as the Government has made all completed ATI requests available through a single search interface, and just as it plans to provide single-window access to budgets, expenditures, and contracting data, the government should do the same with reporting by companies in the mining, oil, and gas sectors. The Canada Revenue Agency is a world leader in providing single-window online access to standardized data on charitable organizations. Natural Resources Canada should follow its leads in providing single-window online access to the mandatory reporting on extractives.
[Proposed edit:] Add a new deliverable, “Provide single-window online access for searching and interacting with information on payments disclosed under the new legislation.”

We believe the above recommendations will make the Action Plan stronger and will more firmly establish Canada as a world leader in open government and open data.



On Oct 9, 2014, at 3:50 PM, Herb Lainchbury <he...@dynamic-solutions.com> wrote:

Please note, this is a draft for consultation and the Government of Canada is inviting feedback on the draft until the 20th of October.  

I have read it and think it is very good.  I would be interested in hearing what others who have read it think about it.  

They have also published feedback and input they have received since they started this process which can be found here: http://data.gc.ca/eng/content/capog-20-what-we-heard
2014-10-09 12:39 GMT-07:00 Herb Lainchbury <he...@dynamic-solutions.com>:

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From: Open-Ouvert <open-...@tbs-sct.gc.ca>
Date: 2014-10-09 12:30 GMT-07:00
Subject: Canada's draft Action Plan on Open Government 2.0 - Open for feedback (Oct. 9-20) / Version provisoire du Plan d'action du Canada pour un gouvernement ouvert 2.0 - Ouverte à la rétroaction (du 9 au 20 octobre)
To: Open-Ouvert <open-...@tbs-sct.gc.ca>


(Le texte français suit.)
 
Hello,
 
On behalf of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS), we would like to invite you to comment on Canada’s draft Action Plan on Open Government 2.0. Since April of this year we have been holding consultations to support the development of Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government 2.0 to enhance the Government of Canada’s strategy on transparency, innovativeness, and accountability.
 
 
The public feedback received in response to the consultation has been invaluable and has helped inform the development of the Action Plan on Open Government 2.0. We are now pleased to share the draft version of Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government 2.0 for your comments.
 
The draft Action Plan 2.0. will be open for public review and feedback from October 9th to 20th, 12:00 p.m. (EDT), 2014, and the final version of Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government 2.0 will be released at the end of October.
 
Please play an active role and partake in this opportunity to help shape the future of Open Government in Canada.
 
As always, we look forward to receiving your input.
 
Thank you for your ongoing interest in Open Government.
 
 
The Open Government Secretariat, TBS
----------------------
 
Please share this message with others in your network who may have an interest in Open Government.
 
If you prefer not to receive e-mail from the data.gc.ca mailing list, please click on this unsubscribe link.
 
Open Government, Chief Information Officer Branch 
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat / Government of Canada
270 Albert St., 8th floor
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0R5
 
/
 
Bonjour,
 
Au nom du Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor (SCT), nous vous invitons à formuler des commentaires au sujet de la version provisoire du Plan d’action du Canada pour un gouvernement ouvert 2.0. Depuis avril de cette année, nous tenons des consultations afin d’appuyer l’élaboration du Plan d’action du Canada pour un gouvernement ouvert 2.0 dans le cadre de la stratégie du gouvernement du Canada visant à accroître la transparence, l’innovation et la responsabilisation.
 
 
Les commentaires du public reçus en réponse à la consultation ont été précieux et ont contribué à éclairer l’élaboration du Plan d’action pour un gouvernement ouvert 2.0. Nous sommes heureux de vous communiquer la version provisoire du Plan d’action du Canada pour un gouvernement ouvert 2.0, afin que vous puissiez formuler des commentaires à son sujet.
 
Le public sera en mesure de consulter et de commenter la version provisoire du Plan d’action 2.0 du 9 au 20 octobre 2014 à 12 h (HAE), et la version définitive du Plan d’action du Canada pour un gouvernement ouvert 2.0 sera publiée à la fin du mois d’octobre.   
 
Nous vous invitons à jouer un rôle actif et à profiter de cette occasion de contribuer à façonner l’avenir du gouvernement ouvert au Canada.  
 
Comme toujours, nous anticipons grandement de recevoir vos commentaires. 
 
Merci de l’intérêt continu que vous portez au gouvernement ouvert. 
 
 
Le Secrétariat du gouvernement ouvert, SCT
----------------------
 
Veuillez faire suivre ce message aux autres membres de votre réseau qui pourraient être intéressés par l’initiative d’un gouvernement ouvert.
 
Si vous ne désirez plus recevoir de courriel provenant de la liste d’envoi de donnees.gc.ca, veuillez cliquer sur ce lien annulation de l’abonnement.
 
Gouvernement ouvert, Direction du dirigeant principal de l'information
Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
270, rue Albert, 8e étage
Ottawa (Ontario)  K1A 0R5
 
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