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We hope you enjoyed reading the Task Force Report. To help stimulate your thoughts on how Information Technology could enhance your interaction with your city, we have presented some examples here for your consideration. You can add your thoughts and reactions directly to each of these examples by using the Chide-It survey tool. If you have come across other examples you can add those by using the User Poll survey tool. We would also be delighted to hear what examples you find most approriate for the city of Ottawa and you can do this by voting for the most or least appropriate examples using the User Poll survey tool. Thank you for your contribution! |
Public alert information online would provide Ottawa residents with better access to emergency information.
With the availability of communications technology today, public
alerting is one area that has not seen many improvements. During
any emergency, better communication is always identified as an area
for improvement. Providing online access to accurate, up-to-date
information, in addition to alerting via email/TXT message should
be part of the city's emergency communications. Open formats
should be used to allow this information to also be shared and
distributed to further enhance its reach. There are a number of
initiatives underway such as
Canalert/NPAS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANALERT [...] read more »
The UK Government’s Power of Information Taskforce are running a mashup competition (a.k.a. “ideas for new products that could improve the way public information is communicated”) with a £20,000 prize fund and gigabytes of brand new data and APIs.
Show Us a Better Way. The UK Government’s Power of Information Taskforce are running a mashup competition (a.k.a. “ideas for new products that could improve the way public information is communicated”) with a £20,000 prize fund and providing gigabytes of brand new data and APIs. A demonstrable investment in opening up access to public data.
There is no need for paper-work at this city site that provides details on such items as legal descriptions, ownership, and market value, plus payment options.
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‘BizPal’ is an online service that simplifies the process of finding information on business licences and permits at the federal, provincial and municipal level.
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Information for Ontario voters shows poll-by-poll election returns and ‘how to’ guidance on voting by proxy and other services.
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Best practices in the integration of business administration processes are illustrated by a company whose payroll systems pay one in five Canadians
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An example of a full-suite approach to productivity improvement for HR, including payroll, recruitment and training
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From finding a postal code to finding a technology solution, Canada Post puts all its services and capabilities online.
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One of the most sophisticated operations control systems in the world monitors and adjusts the flow of express parcels.
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Striving to be an online version of the neighborhood WalMart store, the site features a catalogue from the logistics management leader.
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