[Okfn-ca] The Role of Canadian Municipal Open Data: A Multi-city Evaluation | Currie, Liam (MA Thesis)

Sun Sep 1 11:55:33 UTC 2013

I would include the use of Free Libre and Open Source Software because open
data without the right tools is not completely open data.

And in open data, I would study open procurement processes. How many
publish all public tenders online cost-free?

My 2 cents. And Congrats.
On 2013-08-30 1:53 PM, "Peder Jakobsen" <pjakobsen at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I would change this thesis to
>
> …..a study of Canadian municipal *open governance* initiatives in order
> to assess the current state of the programs and to gauge the role(s) that
> these initiatives may play in regards to improving public engagement in
> local government issues.
>
>
> My 2 cents:  Open data is perhaps too narrow, in order to answer you
> question you should include the much broader category of open governance,
> and the software and processes that enables it.   You should also widen the
> scope to include other countries, by perhaps doing a comparative study.  In
> some countries in Africa ,for example, they are miles ahead of Canada by
> using mobile apps for civil engagements.
>
> The municipalities in Canada that I'm aware of publish such a small sliver
> of data that it's really moot to study now.  In 5 years the timing for a
> study of just Open data might be more interesting.
>
> In other words, you could write the answer to your current thesis in one
> sentence:  The current state is dismal, case closed.    (So much so that
> your audience may fall asleep reading about it)
>
> Peder
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>
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> On 2013-08-30, at 8:30 AM, Diane Mercier <diane.mercier at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Congratulations Liam for your Master degree thesis
>
> http://qspace.library.queensu.ca/handle/1974/8159
>
> «... a study of Canadian municipal open data initiatives in order to
> assess the current state of the programs and to gauge the role(s) that
> these initiatives may play in regards to improving public engagement in
> local government issues.
>
> via Open Data Research Network
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