Prime Minister releases guide for Ministers The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today took the step of publicly releasing Open and Accountable Government, a guide that sets out his expectations for the conduct of his Ministers and their roles a...

Happy 10th anniversary to Canada's guide for Ministers: "Open and Accountable Government", which sets out the government's commitment to ensuring "government data and information is #OpenByDefault, in formats that are modern and easy to use." - 11/27/2015
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

Wer #OpenData als Transparenzspielerei abtut, verkennt die strategische Dimension: In einer datengetriebenen Gesellschaft entscheidet der Umgang mit Informationen über Effizienz, Fairness – und Milliarden. #GovTech #Digitalisierung #OpenByDefault 9/10

Transparenz - Verschlusssache: Der fragwürdige Umgang der Basler Regierung mit dem Öffentlichkeitsprinzip Eigentlich ist die Regierung der Öffentlichkeit gegenüber zu Transparenz verpflichtet. Doch in Basel werden Unterlagen schneller als vertraulich eingestuft als in anderen Kantonen.

Kanton Basel-Stadt:
#OpenByDefault "...soweit nicht überwiegende öffentliche oder private Interessen entgegenstehen, ..." (gemäss Informations- und Datenschutzgesetz, IDG)

Der Zielkonflikt zwischen informierten Bürger:innen sowie entscheidungs-/handlungsfähiger Regierung/Verwaltung:

Week #122 at the Digital Service: Notes for 26–30 August 2024 Week 122 was thoughtful. Martin joined a session on defensive democracy and how public servants can protect and uphold the Basic Law if the far-right gets into government. He did some practical work a...

A very long #weeknote for week 122:

I joined a session on defensive democracy and how public servants can uphold the Basic Law if the far-right gets into government. I did some practical work and some thought work linked to the principle of #OpenByDefault.

verwaltungsgestaltung.de/notizen/2024...

Public sector backlogs and roadmaps This is a list of product and service backlogs and roadmaps opened in the public domain by public sector organisations around the world. And some charities and community-interest organisations at the...

Great initiative from @rossferg.bsky.social: a growing list of public sector backlogs and roadmaps from around the world —

www.publicbackroads.xyz

#WorkingInTheOpen #OpenByDefault

My new #socks arrived and will be worn during my next business trip 😅🤭

#redhat #lifeatredhat #openbydefault #fashion #opensource

A man in a casual shirt in a seminar space behind a lectern and in front of projected slide showing the faces of 27 people and the subheading ‘design and user research team’

#OpenByDefault —following our 6 organisational values, I gave a talk at # UXCE24 titled ‘Doing good, doing great work, and strengthening democracy’.

I spoke about our work at Digital Service.

📸 People in the audience found their friends in my team.

Slides are here:
github.com/digitalservi...