Government - Written Friday, June 25, 2010 by Nitla Cooke - 2 Comments

Impressions from Govcamp Toronto

I recently attended Govcamp–an amalgamation of table conversations where several open data activists got together to discuss the opportunities and obstacles of opening up government data. As a highlight, David Eaves spoke about how the evolution of government is inextricably linked to the implementation of an open government or an open data platform. In fact, Open Government has become a movement of its own; A movement that represents a “shift from a culture of permission, to one of participation, expression, action and innovation.”

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