[CivicAccess-discuss] Mayor David Miller to launch City of Toronto's open data website

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Media Advisory - Mayor David Miller to launch City of Toronto's open data
website

TORONTO, Nov. 1 /CNW/ - Mayor David Miller will officially launch the City
of Toronto's open data website when he kicks off the Toronto Innovation
Showcase.

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2009/01/c4585.html

    Date: Monday, November 2
    Time: 9 a.m.
    Location: Council Chamber, City Hall, 100 Queen St. W.

 Open data is the philosophy and practice of making information publicly
available and accessible, without restrictions, for people to use.
Toronto Innovation Showcase, hosted by the City of Toronto at City Hall, is
a free two-day expo for through people to network and discuss the questions
of how to strengthen democracy, and promote efficiency and effectiveness by
making government more transparent, participatory, and collaborative through
information and technology. Attendees will hear success stories, share
experiences about opportunities and challenges in the public sector using
social media, propose suggestions, exchange information on IT and trends,
create connections, knowledge, tools and policies that address the increased
demand by residents for better public service, transparency, civic
engagement and democratic empowerment.

Toronto is Canada's largest city and sixth largest government, and home to a
diverse population of about 2.6 million people. It is the economic engine of
Canada and one of the greenest and most creative cities in North America.
Toronto has won numerous awards for quality, innovation and efficiency in
delivering public services. 2009 marks the 175th anniversary of Toronto's
incorporation as a city. Toronto's government is dedicated to prosperity,
opportunity and liveability for all its residents.

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                     Visit our website at www.toronto.ca

 For further information: Media contacts: Stuart Green, Deputy
Communications Director, Office of the Mayor, (416) 338-7119,
stugreen at toronto.ca; Cindy Bromley, Communications Manager, Finance and
Administration, (416) 392-4993, cbromley at toronto.ca; Natasha Hinds
Fitzsimmins, Communications & Marketing Consultant, (416) 392-2708,
nhinds at toronto.ca


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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
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