[CivicAccess-discuss] RTK Week: Open Gov Data CIO Program, FOI Music, +

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

that means i have the pressure of saying cool things worthy of
dissemination!

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Jennifer Bell <jenniferlianne at yahoo.ca>wrote:

> Thanks for bringing this up, Mark.  The Right To Know event I was at last
> year in Ottawa was really well done.  If you're in Ottawa, you should try to
> attend to show support for the Office of the Information Commissioner for
> doing this sort of event.
>
> The one thing I wish they did a little better last year was make summaries
> of the content presented more accessible... I remember there were glitches
> with the bilingual video site that was produced that made it hard to use.
>  It was a shame because while the panel I was on was terrific, not many
> people attended the event.
>
> If you're there, be sure to *write down* cool things people are saying,
> pithy quotes, etc. to use on blog posts & link back to the OIC's content so
> that it can be promoted to people who can't be there.
>
> The event I was at last year happened to be recorded on CPAC:
>
>
> http://www.cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&act=view3&pagetype=vod&lang=e&clipID=3155
>
> My favorite part of the panel was watching Ben Leapmen, who broke the UK's
> expense scandal via access to information records, describe the back and
> forth for getting the records (starting at about minute 21), and the quotes
> from the MP's whose careers were ended by the scandal.  Priceless.
>
> Jennifer
>
> --- On *Sun, 9/26/10, Mark Weiler <mweiler at sfu.ca>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Mark Weiler <mweiler at sfu.ca>
> Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] RTK Week: Open Gov Data CIO Program, FOI
> Music, +
> To: "civicaccess-discuss" <civicaccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca>,
> "visiblegovernment-discuss" <visiblegovernment-discuss at googlegroups.com>
> Received: Sunday, September 26, 2010, 3:57 PM
>
>
>
> Does everyone know that this Monday Sept 27 to Friday Oct 1 is Right to
> Know Week? It's the week to raise awareness about access rights through FOI
> legislation.
>
> Lots of things are going on across Canada. Take a look:
> http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/86
>
> Tracey Lauriault, David Eaves, and Michael Mulley, who have posted on these
> lists, will be presenting (did I miss anyone?) at some of the Ottawa events.
> Jennifer Bell presented last year too (
> http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/35#CA)
>
> To mark Right to Know Week, raise some discussion, and get feet tapping,
> here are a couple of things:
>
> 1. From the Canada's Chief Information Officers to you...
>
> In April 2010, the Treasury Board of Canada hosted the Chief Information
> Officer Executive Summit in which Open Government Data was discussed.
> The official program for the summit (Eng & Fra), the GCPedia entry for the
> CIO 2010 Executive Summit (Eng, Fra) and the GCPedia entry for the CIO /
> Open Data Summit (Eng, Fra) were acquired through the Access to Information
> Act and can be downloaded in a blog I posted here:
> http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/93
> The blog discusses how how open government and access to information can
> overlap.
>
> 2. Freedom of Information Music
>
> Results of the 2010 survey for "Freedom of Information Music" can be found
> here:
> http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/18
>
> Suggested songs include:
>
> "I see you" by Leona Lewis
>
> "Janane ka haq (Right to Know)"  (the anthem of the Right to Information
> movement in India)
>
> "FOIB - Are You Pickable, Mr. Politician?" by Prof Lungu (Ghana/Japan)
>
> "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley
>
> "What's Up?" by 4 Non-Blondes
>
> "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves
>
> "Access to Information" a message from the Access to Information Unit
> (Jamacia)
>
>
> 3. Live Chat with Information Commissioners...
> There will be a live on-line chat with Information (and Privacy)
> commissioners starting tomorrow:
> http://www.righttoknow.ca/chat/schedule.asp
> If you'd like a glimpse of plans for 2011's Right to Know Week,
> http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/11
>
>
> Happy Right to Know Week,
>
> Mark Weiler
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