[CivicAccess-discuss] Fwd: [OpenDataBC] Budget Contains Funding for Open Data

[Herb Lainchbury]

hmm... ODI seems to be a popular acronym


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Michael Lenczner <michael at ajah.ca> wrote:

> wow...
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> From: Kevin McArthur <kevin at stormtide.ca>
> Date: Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:56 PM
> Subject: [OpenDataBC] Budget Contains Funding for Open Data
> To: opendatabc at googlegroups.com
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> Except for their misspelling "hackathons", this looks pretty cool.
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> Seizing the Opportunities of Open Data
> Economic Action Plan 2014 proposes to provide $3 million over three
> years to the Canadian Digital Media Network for the creation of the Open
> Data Institute, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for
> Southern Ontario
>
> Data are the 21 st century's new natural resource. A rapidly increasing
> amount of data is being generated from a multiplicity of sources.
> Datasets are becoming so vast and diverse that a typical database would
> be insufficient to capture, store, manage and analyze them. With the
> rapid advancement of technology, it is now possible to work through such
> data to identify opportunities for new products and services, or new
> ways to operate more effectively and efficiently.
>
> The release of information by governments for free use by citizens and
> businesses, known as Open Data, create s jobs by fuelling creativity,
> entrepreneurship and innovation. Open Data is a growing international
> movement. More than 40 countries, from every region of the world and at
> every stage of development, have established Open Data initiatives.
> These nations are opening up data sets that can promote economic
> development, spark innovation and help to find ways to make governments
> work better
>
> In Canada, the Government is committed to leading Open Data initiatives
> focused on stimulating the digital economy with the free flow of useful
> and usable data. The Government is delivering on its Open Data
> commitments , outlined in Canada's Action Plan on Open Government, by:
>
> * Ensuring the continued release of high-value datasets.
> * Stimulating the "app" economy by supporting Open Data "appathons."
> * Encouraging the use of Open Data to raise productivity and create new
> products and services to benefit Canadians.
>
> To help ensure that Canada captures the commercial opportunities
> presented by Open Data, Economic Action Plan 2014 proposes to provide $3
> million over three years, from the existing resources of the Federal
> Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, for the creation of
> the Open Data Institute, to be based in Waterloo, Ontario. The new
> Institute will play a role in aggregating large datasets, informing the
> development of interoperability standards, and catalyzing the
> development and commercialization of new data-driven apps.
>
> This initiative will be spearheaded by the Canadian Digital Media
> Network, a federally funded Centre of Excellence for Commercialization
> and Research, which provides support to Canadian companies and
> entrepreneurs in the information and communications technology sector
> and facilitates their collaboration with research institutes,
> governments and other organizations. The Government's support will lever
> additional contributions from the Institute's other partners, including
> Desire2Learn, OpenText Corporation, Communitech and the University of
> Waterloo.
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