[VG-Discuss] Interim IOC calls for leadership from the PM on open gov & open data

[Jennifer Bell]

Suzanne Legault, the interim information commissioner, gave a strongly
worded (blockbuster?) speech yesterday to the parliamentary committee
on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics. In it, she calls for
leadership from the Prime Minister on open government, and lays out 5
principles for open government and open data.

The speech is linked on the IOC's office here:
http://www.infocom.gc.ca/eng/pa-ap-appearance-comparution-2010_3.aspx

and covered by the citizen here:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/needs+lead+open+government/2968924/story.html

Amazing. Love it. Superlatives all over.

Jennifer Bell

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[David Eaves]

It is quite exciting. I've been engaged with the commissioner for the past couple of months and she is a big ally to open government and open data. There will be more to come in the future. There is also great movement on the inside, I'm engaged with the Government of Canada's CIO on this issue and think we'll see broader movement in the near future as well.

I did a panel in front of the CIO's of all the federal ministries on Wednesday and showed them datadotgc.ca and believe there will be interesting uptake on this issue.

Cheers,
Dave

[Jennifer Bell]

That's fantastic, David. I wondered if you were involved with the
Information Commissioner's Office... Personally, I met with a)
staffers at the ICO, and b) a deputy-CIO at the Treasury Board in late
August last year. The messages I got at the time were:

From TB: We can't do anything unless there's a mandate from above.
From ICO: If only we could show there was public support...

Fortunately, about a million things have changed since then!

I still worry that -- even with these gains -- open data is going to
stay a niche issue, supported mostly by tech enthusiasts and people
'in the know'. I think the biggest challenge is going to be
broadening the support base.

Jennifer

On Apr 30, 10:44 am, David Eaves <da...@eaves.ca> wrote:
> It is quite exciting. I've been engaged with the commissioner for the
> past couple of months and she is a big ally to open government and open
> data. There will be more to come in the future. There is also great
> movement on the inside, I'm engaged with the Government of Canada's CIO
> on this issue and think we'll see broader movement in the near future as
> well.
>
> I did a panel in front of the CIO's of all the federal ministries on

> Wednesday <http://eaves.ca/2010/04/29/cio-summit-recap-and-links/> and

> showed them datadotgc.ca and believe there will be interesting uptake on
> this issue.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
> On 10-04-30 10:27 AM, Jennifer Bell wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Suzanne Legault, the interim information commissioner, gave a strongly
> > worded (blockbuster?) speech yesterday to the parliamentary committee
> > on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics.  In it, she calls for
> > leadership from the Prime Minister on open government, and lays out 5
> > principles for open government and open data.
>
> > The speech is linked on the IOC's office here:
> >http://www.infocom.gc.ca/eng/pa-ap-appearance-comparution-2010_3.aspx
>
> > and covered by the citizen here:

> >http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/needs+lead+open+government/2968924/...