Information czar investigating whether government refusing to release data in easy-to-read, digital formats | National Post

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-12-30

Summary:

"The federal information commissioner is investigating multiple cases where it appears that government departments aren’t releasing data in easy-to-read formats, even though the law requires it. The ongoing investigations, which are prompted by complaints from requesters, comes as the federal minister who oversees the access-to-information regime suggested some data couldn’t be released in easy-to-read formats, such as spreadsheets, over fears people may post 'corrupt' information. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Treasury Board President Tony Clement couldn’t identify any incident where government information had been falsified. Neither could information commissioner Suzanne Legault’s office ..."

Link:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/12/24/information-czar-investigating-whether-government-refusing-to-release-data-in-easy-to-read-digital-formats/

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.canada oc.data oa.psi oa.governmanet oa.legislation oa.compliance oa.data

Date tagged:

12/30/2014, 07:46

Date published:

12/30/2014, 02:46