Author Archives: oliver

The City of Edmonton and OGDI

Posted on January 15, 2010 by oliver

I’ve been trying to avoid “blogging the news” recently but this one was hard to pass up. The Canadian City of Edmonton was in the news for a couple of unrelated reasons this morning, first of all as the Olympic … Continue reading →

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Twenty Ten!

Posted on January 6, 2010 by oliver

So, as promised here is some detail on the issues that I think will be getting attention from me in 2010.  A few of the items on the list continue from last year, and there are a couple of obvious … Continue reading →

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Two Thousand and Nine

Posted on January 3, 2010 by oliver

The first week of a new year is a great time to reflect a little on what went well over the last twelve months (along with areas that could use a little improvement) and to start to think about the … Continue reading →

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Lost Conversations, Lost Decisions, Lost History…

Posted on November 11, 2009 by oliver

Originally posted on “TalkStandards”, 11th November 2009 There is no debate that standards have always played an important role in the design and delivery of eGovernment systems, since the mid-1990s we have been seeing standards play critical roles in data … Continue reading →

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Searching Open Government Data in four dimensions

Posted on November 9, 2009 by oliver

The current trend of governments releasing massive and diverse datasets will demand something different from internet search tools in the future, something that we might consider a little extraordinary today. Today most of us search in a single dimension, we … Continue reading →

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Protecting Our Digital Heritage: Standards, Collaboration and Awareness

Posted on November 5, 2009 by oliver

Originally posted on “Microsoft On The Issues”, 5th November 2009 For governments, the digital revolution presents some important challenges, including how best to ensure that their digital documents will be accessible and readable essentially forever, regardless of how technology evolves. … Continue reading →

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Open Government Data and The Great Expectation Gap

Posted on October 20, 2009 by oliver

The level of activity around the world in opening up government data is nothing short of astounding. Governments at every level have engaged citizens, businesses and developers in combinations of public discussions and hackfests to look at how the data … Continue reading →

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New Zealand’s Open Government (#opengovt) barcamp

Posted on August 30, 2009 by oliver

The long week last week ended with my joining the Open Government Data barcamp event that several folks have been busy organizing in Wellington. It is clear from the topics that were discussed that there is lots of great work … Continue reading →

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gov20, if it was my plan I wouldn’t start there

Posted on August 27, 2009 by oliver

There are a couple of ways of looking at gov20 technologies and their role in national governance, most of the chatter that I’m seeing at the moment is focused on just one side of the opportunity. Certainly there is a … Continue reading →

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The mythical “single standard”

Posted on August 2, 2009 by oliver

One standard, or multiple standards? It seems like a pretty cut and dried debate, if there was a single standard for everything in  the software world then life would be simpler. Wouldn’t it? Back in the early 90s we thought … Continue reading →

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