Access to Information Modernization Action Plan Tracker

Action:
Ensure requirements related to open data are clear, including targeting information and data of public interest.
Organization:
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category:
(C02) Enhancing Trust and Transparency
Subcategory:
(C02.2) Actions to enhance open and transparent government
Status:
Ongoing
Action Number:
C02.2.1
Target Date:
Ongoing
Benefits:

Institutions regularly assess the feasibility of releasing information and data outside of the access to information (ATI) regime.

Canadians have access to more information and data of interest without having to submit an ATI request.

Results:

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) published the 2023-2026 Data Strategy for the Federal Public Service, which identifies government-wide priorities and aims to align and shape the landscape of federal, national, and international digital and data-related initiatives.

The strategy is intended to strengthen data-driven results and outcomes and promote the consideration of data by design and effectively leveraging data to enable evidence-based decision-making and service delivery. This includes setting clear expectations for responsible, transparent, and ethical data stewardship to maintain trust, as well as providing guidance to enhance the transparency of data practices and adoption of open-by-design principles.

In FY 2023-24, TBS published standards and guidance to help ensure government data is high quality and coherent to better enable open data that is interoperable, discoverable, accessible, and reusable for Canadians. These include:
Guidance on Data Quality (January 2024)
GC enterprise data reference standards
to promote coherence, quality, and the sharing of open data. A governance pipeline has been established and prioritized for data reference standards
Standard for Managing Metadata (January 2024)
Guidance on Assessing Metadata Needs (January 2024)
Guidance on Metadata Life Cycle Management (January 2024)