Municipal government & open data : Municipal government and open data : making transparency more than a buzzword

THE PEOPLE, AND THE PEOPLE ARE Web 2.0 is the name given to a new approach to the Web. [...] If the information is publicly available As people critique their government’s practices, and a person asks city employees to recompile it, he they should keep in mind the goals of transparency would like to see the person or organization pay the and what they would like to be the result of open full costs of putting it together (Gandia, 2013). [...] Calgary’s City Council sees public participation The principle that The City of Calgary as a key measure of transparency, but ensures access to clear and understandable transparency should be about how much information and is responsible to the public information the City shares with its citizens. [...] The city alone has more • The impact of the recent floods on the city’s than 100,000 gigabytes of data on every finances conceivable topic about Calgary and the high quality of life that its citizens enjoy (Utoday, • The cost of housing for average families 2008). [...] These concerns, in order • The rate at which the City is growing of priority according to the Manning Foundation’s Second Poll of Calgarians’ Attitudes on Major • The level of service and efficiency of the Civic Issues (2013) are: C-train service • Traffic congestion on Calgary roads • The availability of walking and bike paths in the City • The level of accountability of city councilors to the ci