The Town of Oakville is hosting a forum to hear from the local community about the potential for Open Data in Oakville. The forum is intended to be an informal exchange of ideas between the Open Data community and Senior Town staff from policy, web and IT teams who are currently in the process of [...]
This tweet from Milton Councillor Rick DiLorenzo has re-ignited possibilities offered by Open Data: OpenData coming back 2 #Milton Council A&P committee tonite 7pm. Staff recommend add to 2013 budget as pilot project @OpenHalton The ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE agenda for April 16, 2012 has this agenda item referencing the Open Data Report (CORS-07-12) prepared by Milton town staff: CONSENT ITEMS 1 Staff [...]
Today Milton, ON town council is considering an open data motion put forward jointly by two Milton councilors: Rick Di Lorenzo and Zeeshan Hamid. The motion specifically calls out Open Government, Open Data and Open Standards as the areas that contribute towards transparency, sharing of information, improving services, efficiency of government services and creating a [...]
Happy 2012! Things have been busy on the Open Data front in the Halton Region – with Burlington, ON open data pilot announced and launched in the fall, and even some apps & visualizations of Parks Data built by open data hackers like Matt Down. Right before the holidays, I also heard from the Milton [...]
With the Burlington Open Data pilot in full swing, the very first piece of data in the Halton Region released under an Open Data license became the “long hanging fruit” dataset listing Burlington Parks / Facilities / Fields and Courts. The dataset released on Sep 19th was released as a spreadsheet with multiple tabs – [...]
City of Burlington just launched an Open Data pilot, proudly joining the likes of Vancouver, Nanaimo, Toronto, Edmonton and Ottawa. Championed by the city’s Information Technology Services department, this initiative is a solid step towards improving transparency, accountability and citizen engagement. Earlier in July OpenHalton was involved in helping organize an “Open Data e-Gov Focus [...]
If you’re a government agency evaluating ways to get started with your Gov 2.0 / Open Gov / Open Data initiatives, keep in mind these 3 simple strategies for a quick win: 1. Review the terms of use Even if your agency doesn’t have an Open Data policy, your agency’s website could have potentially restrictive [...]
a Case Study for Municipal Open Data The heat is scorching! Residents across Ontario, Quebec and part of the US are trying to stay cool. Many seek out public swimming pools and splash-pads, and turn to their municipalities for information. Others, like Joey Coleman of OpenHamilton and yours truly seek out ways to make that [...]
For a site focused on the Halton Region this blog has way too many posts about Vancouver. That’s because both the city & the province have such active Open Data / Open Gov initiatives. There’s a constant stream of new datasets being released by the City of Vancouver, and the City staff actively participates in [...]
Open Data is about transforming government data into an open platform. Open Halton is about transforming Halton with open data. Silicon Halton is about transforming Halton with a network of high tech entrepreneurs and leaders. The way I see it all 3 can help and benefit from one another. Open Data =Open Halton=Silicon Halton. What [...]
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