The purpose of this site is to showcase Open Government best practices

Open Government best practices are achieved through a number of foundational core competencies, including:

• Open Innovation
• Open Source Software – From Drupal through to OpenNebula and Hadoop, there is a plethora of FOSS packages to choose from
• Open Data
• Open Standards, like XDI for Open Identity

Policy Leadership and Business Transformation

The primary reasons for implementing Open Government strategies are that they offer the means to leadership in key policy areas such as digital technologies while also achieving multiple other governmental benefits, such as heightened citizen participation, more transparent reporting and accountability, and better abilities for social inclusion.

In the Speech from the Throneof the opening of the 41st Canadian parliament it was declared that:

“Our Government will ensure that citizens, the private sector and other partners have improved access to the workings of Government through Open Data, Open Information and Open Dialogue.”