Podcasts by Stories from the Open Gov
Who we are:
Stories from the Open Gov is produced by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling stories about the people who are modernizing your government.
What we do:
There are many intelligent people designing and implementing initiatives whose work are all too often buried behind white papers and policy documents. We give these tireless public servants and community change-makers the recognition they deserve.
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ep50 - Amanda Renteria - 2021 Code for America Summit from 2021-05-11T11:13:31
Amanda Renteria is the Chief Executive Officer at Code for America, which is a network of people making government work for the people, by the people, in the digital age.
She is also the f...
ep49 - Kyle Rowe: A Public Private Partnership Case Study about Spin Mobililty from 2020-12-01T05:54:27
Kyle Rowe is the former strategic advisor for the City of Seattle Department of Transportation and current global head of government at Spin.
Spin is the micromobility unit coming out of t...
ep48 - Spicy Reading of Estonia Vision Paper on Next Gen Digital Government Architecture - PART 2 from 2020-11-18T01:20:10
Today's episode is Part 2 of a spicy reading of the reading of the Kristo Vaher vision paper titled “Next Generation Digital Government Architecture” – version 1.0b dated March 2020.
Think...
ep47 - Spicy Reading of Estonia Vision Paper on Next Gen Digital Government Architecture - PART 1 from 2020-11-05T04:38:33
Today's episode is Part 1 of a spicy reading of the reading of the Kristo Vaher vision paper titled “Next Generation Digital Government Architecture” – version 1.0b dated March 2020.
Think...
ep46 - Blockchain & Government from 2020-10-29T04:59:22
Jessica Levesque is the Executive Director for the Crypto Currency Certification Consortium and Vice President of Education for Empowered Law.
Jonathan Reichental is the CEO of Human Futur...
ep45 - The Problem with Open Data from 2020-10-15T06:04:41
aimee whitcroft (lower case "a" and "w" is how she writes her name) is the Open Data lead for the Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency as well as an advisory Board member for the Open Data Cha...
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ep44 - Announcing the Canadian Open Data Society from 2020-10-08T05:02:35
The Canadian Open Data Society (CODS) is a grassroots movement of passionate people on a mission to raise the awareness of open data in Canada and advocate for its use in all sectors.
And...
ep43 - The State of Civic Tech from 2020-10-06T18:27:34
Civic Tech Toronto is a diverse community of Torontonians interested in better understanding and finding solutions to civic challenges through technology, design or other means. And today I am join...
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ep42 - Amanda Renteria: Teaching governments new ways to govern. from 2020-09-29T04:18:08
Amanda Renteria is the former Chief of Operations at the California Department of Justice, former Chief of Staff in the United States Senate. And a National Political Director for a large U.S. pres...
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ep41 - Kishawna Peck: Backstory on how the Toronto Womxn in Data Science Conference was created from 2020-09-08T04:25:31
Kishawna Peck is the founder and Executive Director of the Womxn in Data Science Conference, an event that provides a platform to women from diverse backgrounds to showcase their career journeys an...
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ep40 - Spicy Reading of the International Open Data Charter from 2020-09-01T04:46:39
Today's episode is a complete and spicy reading of the International Open Data Charter. A kind of audio-policy-document for aspiring and active Open Government & Open Data practitioners.
F...
ep39 - Manjit Basi: Backstory on how the Citizens Academy / Synapcity was created from 2020-08-25T04:44:39
Manjit Basi is a coach, learning facilitator, shift disturber and co-founder of the Ottawa-based Synapcity (formerly the Citizens Academy), a community organization whose mission is to create space...
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ep38 - Canadian Digital Service: Behind-the-Scenes on how the COVID Alert app was created from 2020-08-20T06:00:19
The Canadian Digital Service teams up with federal departments and agencies to put people’s needs at the centre of government services.
And today we will go behind-the-scenes and learn the...
ep37 (mailbag) - Kristo Vaher: Next Generation Digital Government Architecture from 2020-08-18T04:37:55
Kristo Vaher is the Chief Technology Officer for the country of Estonia and a strong believer in de-centralized, non-monolithic micro service-oriented government architecture.
He has been ...
ep36 - Audrey Tang: Biography of a Poetician (Part 2) from 2020-08-11T01:11:04
Audrey Tang is the Digital Minister for the country of Taiwan.
Today is Part 2 of our interview with Audrey Tang, the Digital Minister for Taiwan. In Part 1 we discussed her journey as a c...
ep35 - Audrey Tang: Biography of a Poetician (Part 1) from 2020-08-04T03:57:20
Audrey Tang is the Digital Minister for the country of Taiwan.
Audrey has a very rich international work history and her influence ranges from coding, to silicon valley startups, to resear...
ep34 - Raquel Bernedo Pardal: Spanish Red Cross Open Data Dashboard from 2020-07-28T04:51:37
Raquel Bernedo Pardal and she is the Disaster Management Senior Officer for the Spanish Redcross.
In Canada and the United States, the Red Cross is mostly known as an emergency services or...
ep33 - International Roundtable with the Accountability Lab (Part 2) from 2020-07-23T06:42:36
The Accountability Lab is a global network that is finding new ways to shift societal norms, solve intractable challenges and build “unlikely networks” for change.
In this episode we conti...
ep32 - International Roundtable with the Accountability Lab (Part 1) from 2020-07-21T06:54:43
The Accountability Lab is a global network that is finding new ways to shift societal norms, solve intractable challenges and build “unlikely networks” for change.
Today's guests will give...
ep31 - Jack Mailloux: Details on how the ESDC developed the CERB program from 2020-06-23T05:15:06
Jack Mailloux is the Director General for Enterprise Operations and IT Security for Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and has been a long time advocate for Open Government & Open Data...
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ep30 - Rufus Pollock: Backstory on how the Open Knowledge Foundation was created from 2020-06-16T04:09:01
Rufus Pollock, he is the founder and president of the Open Knowledge Foundation, which is a network of not for profits in dozens of countries that helped to pioneer Open Data and continue to create...
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ep29 - Pam Ryan: Libraries are more than just books from 2020-06-11T03:50:52
Pam Ryan is the Director for Service Development & Innovation at the Toronto Public Library (TPL), the World's largest urban public library system, featuring 100 branches, close to 1 million cardho...
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ep28 - Mike Gifford: Web accessibility is for everyone from 2020-06-09T05:55
Mike Gifford is the owner of Ottawa based OpenConcept Consulting, a company that specializes in web development with a particular focus on open source and web accessibility. OpenConcept has also co...
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ep27 - Sir Nigel Shadbolt: Backstory on how the ODI was created from 2020-06-04T02:58:11
Sir Nigel Shadbolt is chairman of the Open Data Institute which he co-founded with Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
He is also one of the originators of the interdisciplinary field of web science; is ...
ep26 (mailbag) - Joe Powell: Changing the DNA of government from 2020-06-02T05:57:21
Joe Powell is the Deputy CEO at the Open Government Partnership, an international organization of reformers, inside and outside of government, working to transform how government serves its citizen...
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ep25 - Ashley Casovan: Responsible AI from 2020-05-28T16:22:44
Ashley Casovan is the Executive Director of AI Global, a nonprofit organization focused on putting research into action by creating tangible tools to help accelerate the design, development, and us...
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ep24 - Nathaniel Heller: Strategic Philanthropy from 2020-05-26T03:13:45
Nathaniel Heller is the Managing Director of Geneva Global, a certified B Corporation that provides advice and services to help philanthropists, charitable organizations, and corporations maximize ...
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ep23 - Mike Donis: How to tell an Open Gov Story from 2020-04-16T15:09:20
Mike Donis is a commercial video & film editor, actor, and independent filmmaker.
Mike Donis IMDB
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Richard Pietro Twitter account
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ep22 - Alison Loat: Backstory on how the Samara Centre for Democracy was created from 2020-04-15T04:09:37
Alison Loat is the Co-Founder and former Executive Director of the Samara Centre for Democracy.
Alison Loat Twitter account
https://twitter.com/AlisonLoat
Richard Pietro Twitt...
ep21 - Melanie Robert & Rob Davidson: Thoughts on government in a post-COVID19 World from 2020-04-14T13:59:38
Melanie Robert is the Executive Director for Open Government and Services at Canada's Treasury Board Secretariat.
Rob Davidson is the Co-Chair for Canada's Multistakeholder forum on Open G...
ep20 (mailbag)- Melanie Robert & Rob Davidson: The Future of Open Government from 2020-04-14T13:55:04
Melanie Robert is the Executive Director for Open Government and Services at Canada's Treasury Board Secretariat.
Rob Davidson is the Co-Chair for Canada's Multistakeholder forum on Open G...
ep19 - Jean-Marc La Flamme: The Birth of Government Websites from 2020-04-09T03:16:47
Jean Marc-La Flamme is the founder of Smart Villages and a Smart Cities Designer for rural communities. He is also the Director of Product, Marketing and Business Development for Dealpoint, North A...
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ep18 - Former MP, Tony Clement: How Canada entered the Open Government Partnership from 2020-04-08T04:30:50
The Honourable Tony Clement was an elected official from 1995 to 2019, first with the Ontario Legislature and then with the Canadian Legislature. And in both legislatures he held prominent cabinet ...
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ep17 - Professor Michael Geist: COVID-19 Privacy and Data Trade-Offs from 2020-04-07T02:41:54
Michael Geist is a law professor at the University of Ottawa where he holds The Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law. He is also a privacy and internet advocate who has received man...
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ep16 - Lindsey Marchessault: Covid-19 & Government Contracts from 2020-04-02T04:37:40
Lindsey Marchessault is the Director for Data and Engagement at the Open Contracting Partnership and she is a member of Canada’s Multi-stakeholder forum on Open Government.
Today she will ...
ep15 - Ryan Androsoff: The New Government Landscape from 2020-04-01T05:17:05
Ryan Androsoff is the director for the Digital Leadership Program at the Institute on Governance and the Co-Founder of the Canadian Digital Service.
Today he will give us a cursory look at...
ep14 - Tracey Lauriault: Covid-19 and The Open Data landscape from 2020-03-31T05:10:37
Tracey Lauriault is an assistant professor of Critical Media and Big Data at Carleton University and she teaches critical data studies. She has been neck deep in Open Government & Open Data and was...
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ep13 - Keith Loo: Marketing Open Government from 2020-03-25T14:56:57
Keith Loo is the In-Class Entrepreneur for the Schulich School of Business, the former Open Source Lead for Microsoft Canada, and current Chief Strategy Officer for TimeSaved, which is a workforce ...
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ep12 - Jesse Hirsh: Special: COVID-19 & Open Government from 2020-03-20T17:49:18
Jesse Hirsh is the President of Metaviews Media Management and a futurist, particularly as it relates to technology and the Internet
Today he explains how COVID-19 will affect the Open Gov...
ep11 - Why Open Government? - Part 3 from 2020-03-12T21:24:52
In this episode I discuss what we can learn from Red Letter Media and Tom's Hardware as a way help make Open Government & Open Data a reality.
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ep10 - Why Open Government? - Part 2 from 2020-03-06T03:41:56
In this episode I discuss how the 2014 Open Government Tour was the "Johnny Appleseed" of the Canadian Open Government landscape and how Open Data Charter Board Member, aimee whitcroft (who prefers...
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ep9 - Why Open Government? - Part 1 from 2020-02-25T19:52:24
Season 3 is dedicated to explore a very simple question: How can we make Open Government more relevant and relatable to the public?
In this episode I discuss how 70s computers, Geocities, ...
ep8 - Spicy Reading of the Canada Open Government Action Plan: Part 4 from 2020-01-30T16:20:16
Instead of having to read 59 pages worth of a seemingly boring policy document, people now have the opportunity to listen on how the Canadian Federal Government is working in creating a more engagi...
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ep7 - Spicy Reading of the Canada Open Government Action Plan: Part 3 from 2020-01-24T17:41:20
Instead of having to read 59 pages worth of a seemingly boring policy document, people now have the opportunity to listen on how the Canadian Federal Government is working in creating a more engagi...
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ep6 - Spicy Reading of the Canada Open Government Action Plan: Part 2 from 2020-01-07T21:27:52
Instead of having to read 59 pages worth of a seemingly boring policy document, people now have the opportunity to listen on how the Canadian Federal Government is working in creating a more engagi...
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ep5 - Spicy Reading of the Canada Open Government Action Plan: Part 1 from 2020-01-01T16:51:47
Instead of having to read 59 pages worth of a seemingly boring policy document, people now have the opportunity to listen on how the Canadian Federal Government is working in creating a more engagi...
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ep4 - Season Finale: Somewhat Unfiltered from 2019-12-19T16:31:51
Today is an unscripted and unfiltered (somewhat) episode that looks back at our first season. Listen in as Richard Pietro & Troy Whitmore have a long discussion about Open Government, Open Data, th...
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ep3 - Toronto Open Data Master Plan, the Canadian Web Experience Toolkit, and Ontario GovJam from 2019-11-20T23:15:29
Today’s stories are about the Toronto Open Data Master Plan, the Canadian Government Web Experience Toolkit, and the Province of Ontario rendition of GovJam.
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ep2 - Guelph Civic Accelerator, The "Open Data in Reverse" method, DinesafeTO from 2019-11-13T02:04:27
Today’s stories are about the Guelph Civic Accelerator, The "Open Data in Reverse" method for publishing Open Data sets, and DinesafeTO.
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ep1 - Canada's Free Agent Program, Ontario Public Sector Open Data Working Group, Toronto Wellbeing from 2019-10-31T00:00
Today’s stories are about Canada’s Federal Free Agent Program, the Government of Ontario Public Sector Open Data working group, and the Toronto Wellbeing Map.
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