Short form name of Citizens for Open Access to Civic Information and Data. CivicAccess a group of citizens which believes all levels of government should make civic information and data accessible at no cost in open formats to their citizens.
from the Civic Access mail list:
Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
A start! Stéphane, Patrick and CFYAW i put this up on the wiki yesterday, can you spice this up at all! Certainly creativity should be in there somewhere to! Oh the French part…
This wiki aims to build a culture of finding, accessing and sharing free civic data because:
decision-making process.
civic data.
policies, IP, security and confidentiality.
and should have the right to easily access them
o at no cost for non-commercial purposes.
informed and active participants in their societies.
Ce wiki a comme but de déveloper une culture de citoyen/nes qui découvreront, accèderont et partagerons des données civiques gratuite parce que:
decisions politiques.
pour la formulation de bonnes décisions.
politiques economiques, la propriétée intelectuelle,
o la sécurité et la confidentialité.
derniers points.
taxes donc ils/elles devraient y avoir le droit de
o les accéder facilement et sans frais pour des buts non
lucratifs.
egalement des participants actifs/ves.