Everything tagged: Government information
Resignation of the Chief Statistician of Canada
Wayne Smith, Chief Statistician of Canada and the deputy head of Statistics Canada, announced his resignation today, citing concerns over the independence of the agency with the transfer of its information technology infrastructure to Shared Services Canada.
News September 16, 2016
Saskatchewan Introduces Improvements to Access and Privacy Legislation
The Government of Saskatchewan is taking steps to improve access to information and protection of privacy in the province.
News June 13, 2016
Highlights from Ontario Cabinet Shuffle
Ontario Premier Premier Kathleen Wynne today announced changes to her cabinet, including a number of changes of interest to the library and information management community.
News June 13, 2016
BC Government to Proactively Release Travel Expenses, Status of FOI Requests
The Government of British Columbia announced yesterday that it would start proactively releasing several categories of records regularly requested through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.
News May 10, 2016
News Release: Government of Canada improves Access to Information
Today, President of the Treasury Board Scott Brison issued an Interim Directive on the Administration of the Access to Information Act (the Directive) that delivers on key commitments to make government more open and transparent.
News May 5, 2016
The Auditor General of Canada on Data in Government
“One of the themes that ties a number of our audits together is that the data collected by many government organizations is either not usable, not used, or not acted upon.”
Blog May 3, 2016
Highlights from the 2016-17 Reports on Plans and Priorities
Highlights of interest to the Canadian library and information management community in the 2016-17 Reports on Plans and Priorities.
Blog March 28, 2016
Highlights from Ontario Budget 2016
Highlights from the 2016 Ontario budget of interest to the library and information management community.
Blog February 28, 2016
Information Management Results in the 2014-15 Departmental Performance Reports
Information management related results as identified by individual departments and agencies in the 2014-15 Departmental Performance Reports.
Blog February 3, 2016
Access and privacy regulators call on governments to respect rights in information sharing initiatives
Canada’s Information and Privacy Commissioners and Ombudspersons have called on all levels of government to protect and promote privacy and access to information rights when embarking on information sharing initiatives aimed at improving government services.
News January 25, 2016