Vancouver Council to Vote on Open
The following motion was put before the City of Vancouver Tuesday:
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Vancouver endorses the principles of:
- Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will freely share with citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the greatest amount of data possible while respecting privacy and security concerns;
- Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as quickly as possible to adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other formats of media;
- Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when replacing existing software or considering new applications, will place open source software on an equal footing with commercial systems during procurement cycles;
Read the full motion here. CBC reports that councillors will discuss the motion in a committee meeting tommorow, and vote on it immediately after.
Congratulations to Andrea Reimer, David Eaves, Jason Mogus et. al, for making this happen.
Democratizing government data will help change how government operatesâ€â€and give citizens the ability to participate in making government services more effective, accessible, and transparent. You can access the government data here. http://pfx.me/ee