[CivicAccess-discuss] Opendata.gc.ca report

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

All;

I met with Stephen Walker, Senior Director, Information Management Division,
CIOB at *Treasury Board* Secretariat who oversees the opendata.gc.ca pilot
project.

Stephen strongly suggested that we put in requests for the data we want.
 For instance the *Postal Code files,* all of you who want it, request it.
 Also, currently, there are no data from HRSDC, Industry Canada, CMHC, and a
host of other departments.  But if you have an interest in a particular
file, or issues, and you have some idea as to where it might be in the
institution, then make a request.

For the time being the doors are opening, but so much more work needs to be
done, and instead of waiting for  the entire department or agency to get
ready, he can take your ask and present them as a short list, a place to
start.

It looks like the pilot is going to stay, but it will only get better if we
ask for what we want and actually use the data that are already there.

Cheers
t

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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
http://traceyplauriault.ca/
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