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

[James McKinney]

Source: http://www.fin.gc.ca/pub/pdfs/budget2014-eng.pdf

It would be much less confusing if we didn't already have CODI - but this proposed ODI seems much more like the UK ODI in terms of its focus on business. We'd be very lucky if they find someone like Gavin Starks to head it.


On 2014-02-11, at 7:19 PM, Herb Lainchbury wrote:

> hmm... ODI seems to be a popular acronym
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> 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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