The document discusses access to information laws and processes (ATIP). It notes that ATIP is dependent on technology and built upon certain assumptions about how data and documents are created and stored. New technologies and public expectations around timely access require rethinking ATIP processes and how governments procure and use technologies to support more open and accessible information by default.

1. What’s our stack:
process, technology, community
and ideas for the future of
ATIP

2. Data
&
Software
Government
&
Public Policy
Negotiation
&
Strategy

8. 8

9. key points
1. new expectations
2. ATIP is technology dependent
3. stack = process
4. ideas

10. <1>
New Expectations

11. 30 milliseconds

12. 30 milliseconds
vs.
4 months

13. "The Net interprets
censorship as
damage and routes
around it."

14. “Citizens interprets
delay as damage..."

15. is ATIP the
solution, or the
problem?

16. <2>
ATIP is
technology
dependent

17. history

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23. why?

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29. progressive coalitions
political/trust crisis
best practice

31. 1960 Xerox 914 copier
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32. 1968 -
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*50-59 revenue = $12M
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33. 1970 - $1.6B in sales
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34. 1980 - $8B in sales ~60% market share
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35. ATIP
is predicated
on the existence
of copiers

36. why it matters

37. <3>
technology
shapes
process

38. values driven
technology agnostic

39. values driven
technology agnostic

40. ATIP/FOIA
built on a set of
assumptions

41. ATIP/FOIA
built on a
stack

42. technology stack

43. commissioners
live
in a world of
process

44. ATIP PROCESS
DISTRIBUTION
POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENT
INVESTIGATIONS
BLACK BOX

45. ATIP PROCESS
DISTRIBUTION
POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENT
INVESTIGATIONS
BLACK BOX

46. software

47. software is process

48. control the
software
control the
process

49. influence the
software
influence the
process

50. ATIP PROCESS
DISTRIBUTION
POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENT
INVESTIGATIONS
BLACK BOX
PROCUREMENT
Rules,
Processes
&
Culture
OPEN BY DEFAULT
EASY TO ACCESS

51. sometimes
comment
on this
ATIP PROCESS
report about
this
DISTRIBUTION
POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENT
INVESTIGATIONS
BLACK BOX
PROCUREMENT
Rules,
Processes
&
Culture
OPEN BY DEFAULT
EASY TO ACCESS
write about
this

52. auditing
books
to
spreadsheets
to
systems

53. auditing
books
to
spreadsheets
to
systems

54. auditing
books
to
spreadsheets
to
systems

55. <4>
ideas

56. 1. help define
standards for
procurement

57. ATIP PROCESS
DISTRIBUTION
POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENT
INVESTIGATIONS
BLACK BOX
PROCUREMENT
Rules,
Processes
&
Culture
OPEN BY DEFAULT
EASY TO ACCESS

58. understand our
assumptions
act
policies
standards

59. open data as
pre-approved
systems

60. why not for some
document creation
processes?

61. why not for some
document creation
processes?
procurement
buyandsell.gc.ca

62. 2. Create your open
data on response
times

63. build power

64. 64

67. 3. open data

68. assess openness of
data
especially
regulatory data

71. Wonderful Case Study
•
•
•
2006-2012 spills
$4000
eventually 711 pages of
printed records ($262)
• months to convert
• run around
• Energy Resources Conservation
Board ($367)
• Alberta Township System not
Lat/Long ($1000 to convert)

72. 3. there is an
opportunity for a
broader tent

73. not just government
not just reporters

74. hello!:
programmers/
developers
archivists
librarians
bloggers
CIOs
technologists

75. access
gov20

76. access
gov20
accountability
leverage

77. find common
interests

78. speed
reliability
persistence
accountability
leverage
accessibility

80. We need a new act

81. - eliminates the joke of access
summaries
-respects today’s expectations
of access
- compels government to rethink
how it creates and manages
documents and data
- makes new assumptions about
the stack it is on, and what the
stack SHOULD be.

82. @daeaves
david@eaves.ca
www.eaves.ca
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83. ATIP PROCESS
DISTRIBUTION
POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENT
STORAGE/ARCHIVE
ARCHIVES
HARD DRIVES
EMAIL
INTERNAL USAGE
DOCUMENT CREATION
PROCUREMENT
POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENT

84. ATIP PROCESS
STORAGE/ARCHIVE
INTERNAL USAGE
DOCUMENT CREATION
PROCUREMENT