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web communications positions at National Research Council Canada

Manager of Outreach

Classification: IS-6

Bilingual imperative: CBC/CBC

Security certification: Level II (Secret)

Closing date: November 28, 2012

The Manager, Outreach is the authority for NRC’s internal and external Web presence as well as media relations and internal communications, ensuring that all Council communications including electronic, maximize the strategic use of evolving technology and social media whether the goal is to generate income, reach the media, or build staff morale.

Apply here: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/careers/jobpost.nsf/EnglishAll/AB2AD0C00B5196B385257A9B00475076

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Head of Web Operations

Classification: IS-5

Bilingual imperative: CBC/CBC

Closing date: November 28, 2012

The Head, Web Operations is responsible for the planning, implementation and evaluation of the National Research Council internal and external Web presence and corporate Intranet sites by providing strategic input to and managing the delivery of planned communications services.

Apply here: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/careers/jobpost.nsf/EnglishAll/205BDF2ED40D486B85257A9B00477B1A

Learn Hack YOW Dec 8, 2012 - City of Ottawa Open Data

Open data for the City of Ottawa has a citizens' group and city staff involved.

The citizens' group Open Data Ottawa is having a combination of hands-on learning and hacking on December 8, 2012 at City Hall.

Register at:

http://learnhackyow.eventbrite.com/

Citizens

You can also find the citizens' group on Twitter, Facebook, in a blog and via email

@opendataottawa

http://www.facebook.com/opendataottawa

http://blog.opendataottawa.ca/

[email protected]

As well there is a discussion group and a discussion website that the city monitors

groups.google.ca/group/dataott

http://www.dataott.org/

City

On the city side, there is the portal, an email contact address, mailing list and RSS feed.  The transit system also maintains a developers' site and an apps portal.

http://ottawa.ca/opendata

http://ottawa.ca/donneesouvertes

catalog: http://ottawa.ca/en/city_hall/statisticsdata/opendata/info/index.htm

[email protected]

UPDATE 2012-11-30: For OC Transpo data questions and issues, please contact [email protected]  ENDUPDATE

mailing list: https://secure.campaigner.com/Campaigner/Public/Form10.aspx?fid=776125

RSS: http://ottawa.ca/rss/open_data_en.xml

Transit Agency (OC Transpo)

http://octranspo1.com/developers

http://octranspo1.com/mobile/community_app_gallery

The city has run one apps contest and there will be a second in 2013.

Let it not be said that info isn't pushed out into a lot of channels.

Previously:
May 25, 2012  Ottawa Transit Data Day - June 2, 2012

another commute-time map, powered by open data

I've written previously about different ways of visualising transit on a map, including commute time, in my post visualising city transit layers.

Some Twitter buzz today and recently about Mapumental mashing up public transit open data with properties available to buy and rent - effectively letting you search for homes within a commute time range that you set.

Mapumental: The “I want a better commute” Property Finding Service for Britain bit.ly/RKPyrv via @mysociety @steiny

— Tim O'Reilly (@timoreilly) November 8, 2012

It's actually been around for a while with just travel times.

#lift12 @rufuspollock showing Mapumental bit.ly/z8E4UQ as an example of a map that helps one make decisions

— Richard Akerman (@scilib) February 24, 2012

The property part is new.

Here's the map with just commute time (20 minutes to arrive by 9am at SW1A 0AA which is Westminster, the UK Parliament)

and here's the map with available homes to rent overlaid

You can check it out at property.mapumental.com
or the specific one I showed is http://property.mapumental.com/map/SW1A0AA-a-0900/44d71ed3

Ontario launches open data portal

@OntInnovation announced a new Ontario.ca site on Twitter

Hey everyone, take a look! The new Ontario.ca is live! ow.ly/f85Q8

— OntarioInnovation (@OntInnovation) November 8, 2012

It is search-centric, reminiscent of gov.uk

And when I searched open data I found to my surprise that the long-promised Province of Ontario open data portal has appeared.

The URL is http://www.ontario.ca/government/government-ontario-open-data

It has 63 data sets in the catalogue and the license (which appears to apply to most but possibly not all files) allows for commercial re-use.

They say they want to get advice but it's not clear how to provide feedback, other than through the general site contact form.

Previously:
June 29, 2012  Province of Ontario - no sign of open data portal