collaborate to change the Canadian public service

Canadian public servant Stephen Walker, Senior Director, Open Government and Information Management posts on the data.gov.uk blog:

This fall, the Government of Canada (GC) will release its Directive on Open Government, defining more clearly than ever before, the obligation that employees have to deliver open data, open information, and open dialogue to Canadians. In addition, our Blueprint 2020 initiative further challenges employees to envision the future of the public service. In the UK, the government has already started to address this need for culture change in the 2012 Open Data White Paper: Unleashing the Potential.

By working together, we can strengthen our ability to find new ways to harness the power of the public service. Our new public service needs to be more creative and proactive in releasing data, and in building relationships which optimize the use of that data. These relationships help to bridge the transitional gap of cultural change that is needed to spur opportunity for innovation, and to revamp how the government provides high quality services to its citizens.

from data.gov uk blogs - Now is the Time to Collaborate on Cultural Change - October 11, 2013

The UK Open Data White Paper is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-data-white-paper-unleashing-the-potential

Canada's national open data portal also has a blog http://data.gc.ca/eng/blog

The Clerk of the Privy Council's website has information about Blueprint 2020.

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