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The Multi-stakeholder Forum (MSF) on Open Government supports ongoing dialogue between government and Canadian civil society on open government. Its mandate is to provide input and advice on the Government of Canada’s commitments on open government, identify new areas of focus, and build the open...

Detailed results from the Algorithmic Impact Assessment for the ATIP Online Request Service. What is the Algorithmic Impact Assessment? The AIA is a questionnaire designed to help users assess and mitigate the risks associated with deploying an automated decision system. The AIA also helps...

From December 14, 2022, to March 31, 2023, the Government of Canada consulted Canadians on how regulation affects ocean innovation, regulatory barriers to environmentally sustainable growth and ways to develop agile regulations to address concerns of future-oriented ocean industries. Targeted...

From March 27 to June 19, 2023, the Government of Canada invited stakeholders to share their views in the Annual Regulatory Modernization Bill (ARMB) public consultation aimed at enhancing regulatory processes. As regulators develop or update regulations to meet various objectives, such as...

Detailed results from the Algorithmic Impact Assessment (AIA) for the Knockri pilot project. The goal of the proposed pilot project is to reduce the time and cost associated with conducting interviews, resolve potential issues with rater bias, and maintain a high degree of structure and rigor in...

From April 27, 2022 to June 27, 2022, the Government of Canada invited stakeholders to share their views on existing regulatory barriers impeding trade domestically and internationally through the Let’s Talk Federal Regulations consultation platform. Regulatory stakeholders were invited to...

Executive Summary The Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) 2018 Stakeholder Forum was held December 4–5, 2018, in Washington, D.C. It was a successful 1.5-day event that brought together approximately 300 stakeholders and regulators. The event consisted of a plenary session...

Canada’s fourth plan includes 10 new commitments that continue to promote openness, transparency, and accountability in the Government of Canada. It was developed in consultation with more than 10,000 Canadians from coast to coast to coast who provided their ideas and suggestions through online...

The Open Government Guidebook was originally developed in 2018, through collaboration with working group members from over 25 Government of Canada (GC) departments. Through consultations with many of these departments from 2020 to 2021, this guide was updated to reflect the most recent...

Canada releases a National Action Plan on Open Government every two years. Following standards set by the international Open Government Partnership, we develop and report on plans that formalize Canada’s commitment to open, accountable, and transparent government. This resource contains the...

Canada’s second Action Plan included the Directive on Open Government, which made it mandatory for federal government departments and agencies to maximize the release of data and information. This Plan also established commitments to collaborate with provinces, territories, and municipalities...

Canada’s first plan to the Open Government Partnership, after joining the OGP in 2011, set a direction for how Government manages and releases records and changed Canada’s open data portal, data.gc.ca, from a pilot into a permanent program. This Action Plan was structured along three streams of...

Between July–August 2021, a User Experience (UX) Survey was conducted to gather feedback on the process of submitting an Access to Information (ATI) request for government records. The survey was comprised of 4 sections, with a total of 32 questions , organized as follows: 1. Submitting a...

For many, the word 'mainframe' conjures images of antiquated technology employing large spools of magnetic tape for data storage and punch cards to execute commands in COBOL, the same programming language your uncle used. While this is no longer the mainframe's reality, given its reputation, it...

In 2019, the Government of Canada invited Stakeholders to share their views on Regulatory Modernization. In particular, Canadians were invited to comment on the following issues: targeted Regulatory Reviews (round 2), review of the Red Tape Reduction Act, options to legislate changes to regulator...

An export from Canada's Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit 2019 website. This document lists frequently asked questions that provided partipants relevant information about the logisitics of the event.

An export from Canada's Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit 2019 website. This document was shared publicly to potential sponsors to give them more information about the different sponsorship packages available.

An export from Canada's Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit 2019 website. This document was shared publicly as an open call for session proposals and speakers.

This report was independently prepared by Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue and First Peoples Group. The purpose is to provide a summary of the Indigenous Gathering at the Open Government Partnership Global Summit, including the planning efforts, the proceedings and the...

This strategy provides an overview of the status of mainframe as a technology across other sectors of industry and then looks at their usage within the GC. It will present the risks associated with operating mainframes that the GC will need to continue manage. The most pernicious of those is a...