Clark Government Takes Silver For Openness
Prince George, B.C. – Minister of Labour, Citizens’ Services and Open Government Margaret MacDiarmid congratulated British Columbia’s Open Government team today for winning the silver medal at this year’s Institute of Public Administration of Canada /Deloitte Public Sector Leadership Awards.
The Province earned the award for work done to develop and implement B.C.’s Open Government policy, and recognizes the Province’s outstanding leadership and contributions to advancements in public policy and management.
Announced in July 2011, and written into law through amendments to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act in the fall of 2011, B.C.’s Open Government initiatives have resulted in government sharing more information with its citizens, and have provided more opportunities for them to participate in decisions that make a difference in their lives.
B.C. has made a number of innovative changes as a result of Open Government, including being the first province to open up thousands of datasets via the DataBC website. Since DataBC’s launch, more than 2,600 datasets have been released in formats that allow anyone to license and use the information.
The Province has also hosted a series of hackathons, encouraging and challenging developers to use the data available to come up with useful applications for the public, and recently launched its first official mobile application, the BC Health Service Locator app.
The IPAC awards recognize leaders showing major organizational transformation and outstanding performance. Criteria include courage, execution, impact, collaboration, innovation, results and whether the project can be replicated in other jurisdictions. This year IPAC received nearly 100 submissions from across Canada.
The Province is committed to the evolution of B.C’s ongoing Open Government transformation, including increasing levels of transparency, innovation and improved service delivery.
Comments
I wasn’t aware that honest and forthcoming government information to taxpayers was an “Olympic event”. Who da thunk it?
This must be a joke or a spoof. It cannot possibly be true
Its called “patting yourself on the back” because no one else is going to do it.
Silly me . I thought today was Valentine’s Day not April Fools Day
That is nothing, Harper got Gold for his new legislation removing the right for any Canadian to internet privacy with his new online surveillance legislation that will remove the requirement for the Russel Williams of this world in law enforcement to to first get a warrant before spying on Canadians online activities.
This is the police state Bill that Harper wants in order to go after anyone who opposes his agenda such as the Enbridge protesters he has labeled domestic terrorists. Be prepared to join the ranks filling up his new prisons for copyright violations for the music you downloaded and thought the government wasn’t going to know about. If you oppose government be prepared to have your career at risk for making your opinions known.
The government of Harper is the new face of a fascist police state in Canada… not only in rhetoric, but now in legislation. The slippery slope is now an avalanche. I’m not sure Canada’s democracy will ever be able to recover from the changes Harper is making to our laws.
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