Canada's Access to Information Open Data Fail: Departments Months Behind Posting Summaries of Completed Requests - Michael Geist

ab1630's bookmarks 2018-06-27

Summary:

"The Liberal government has emphasized the importance of open data and open government policies for years, yet the government has at times disappointed in ways both big (Canada’s access-to-information laws are desperately in need of updating and the current bill does not come close to solving its shortcomings) and small (restrictive licensing and failure to comply with access to information disclosures). For example, late last year, I noted that government departments had oddly adopted a closed-by-default approach to posting official photographs on Flickr. Unlike many other governments that use open licenses or a public domain approach, Canadians looking for openly licensed photographs for inclusion in learning materials, blog posts, or other content must rely on foreign governments.  The restrictive licensing approach remains in place: those seeking photos on Flickr from the G7 will find Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s are “all rights reserved” but other governments attending the summit – including the United States, United Kingdom, Norway, and South Africa – all facilitate re-use of their photos through open licensing...."

Link:

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2018/06/canadas-access-to-information-open-data-fail-departments-months-behind-posting-summaries-of-completed-requests/

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oa.new oa.canada oa.data oa.government oa.policies oa.negative oa.implementation oa.licensing oa.libre

Date tagged:

06/27/2018, 16:18

Date published:

06/27/2018, 12:18