open government

How many government officials does it take to screw in a tweet?

Stephanie Levitz discovers how many officials are required to help a minister demonstrate his support for open government and social media engagement.

Closed government

Less than a week after Tony Clement announces the Harper government’s open government action plan, Tom Spears explains precisely how far the government has to go.

Open to question

David Eaves reviews the government’s open data plans.

For fans of data and/or irony

Tony Clement has unveiled the Harper government’s Action Plan on Open Government.

The same minister who helped use the “border infrastructure fund” to build gazebos and public toilets in his riding and left no official paper trail in doing so is also the government’s most prominent champion of open government policies.

Let there be data

David Eaves commends the launch of CIDA’s new open data site.

‘Respecting and Renewing our Democracy’

For those of us who are interested in such things, here are the democratic reforms promised by the Liberals.

‘Freely and unconditionally’

Michael Geist notes that the disrepute clause has been used since 2008 and considers the larger culture change at hand.

Better government through datasets (III)

A note from Stockwell Day’s office, received just now in regards to the “disrepute” clause cited here.

Better government through datasets (II)

David Eaves lauds the creation of a new open data portal, but questions the fine print (which includes a clause that users “shall not use the data made available through the GC Open Data Portal in any way which, in the opinion of Canada, may bring disrepute to or prejudice the reputation of Canada”).

Better government through datasets

Treasury Board President Stockwell Day has launched the government of Canada’s official open data portal: data.gc.ca.

The information era (II)

Glen Pearson pitches the religion of open data.