Open Data is a '21st Century Natural Resource' - Nextgov.com

"Member of Parliament Tony Clement has been at the forefront of the Canadian government's most important information technology reforms of the past few years. He has helped in developing Canada’s action plan for the international Open Government Partnership, expanding the government’s open data site Data.gc.ca, making better use of social media in government, and drastically consolidating the government’s Web presence. Nextgov is covering how the U.S. government faces many of these same challenges. We spoke with Clement during a visit to Washington this week about how things look from his side of the border. You can read the below Q&A from the interview, edited for length, or listen to the full interview here ..."