Open data, closed information
It’s been a busy couple of weeks on the information, privacy and government data front. Early this week, Ontario Premier...
Is Change a Good Thing?
Change seems to be everywhere in Canada’s federal public service lately. Everything from performance management, disability management, sick leave, pensions, and more are......
Mel Cappe and the Changing Face of Policy Creation
Mel Cappe, former Clerk of the Privy Council, was at the University of Ottawa on Monday to give a lecture......
Balancing act: Privacy and the use of personal information
What concerns me is whether or not we’ve got the balance right between privacy and how the government is using...
Modernizing student aid
Labour intensive with slow response times, limited data and obsolete technology: that was the reality for Ontario’s Student Assistance Program...
From open data to open democracy
For the casual observer, openness and transparency are terms that can conjure up confusion in recent times. On the one...
Organizations must adopt policies to secure their BYOD data
Kurt Roemer, chief security strategist at Citrix, was at GTEC 2013 last week to talk about the importance of having...
Typewriters to tablets to tomorrow
At the May 2013 Canadian Institute for Procurement and Materiel Management (CIPMM) workshop, a presenter spoke of the different characteristics...
Considering a sole-source contract? Here are some sound management practices
You’re in a crunch to meet a looming deadline. A couple of your key staff are unexpectedly absent. It’s becoming...
The Results Are In: Your Thoughts on Blueprint 2020
Last month, we posted a poll on Canadian Government Executive that asked the question, “Do you think your input into......