{"id":6852,"date":"2013-12-02T06:31:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T11:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=6852"},"modified":"2013-12-20T14:38:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T19:38:16","slug":"building-a-digital-dashboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=6852","title":{"rendered":"Building a digital economy dashboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist’s column in the Toronto Star<\/a> this week makes for an important read. “Ottawa\u2019s complete e-government failure<\/a>” observes that just ten years ago, Canada was the top country for breadth and sophistication of electronic government services being offered. A decade later, Canada\u2019s e-government rankings have declined, “a victim of astonishing neglect by the current Conservative government.”<\/p>\n

Last week, the auditor general issued a scathing report on the state of e-government in Canada, noting the lost opportunities for reduced expenses and greater efficiencies as well as the complete absence of strategic vision.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The column got me thinking, once again, about lost opportunities caused by the government’s failure to release a cohesive national digital economy strategy. Three and a half years ago, shortly after the consultation was launched, I documented the consultation questions in a blog post “Succinct or superficial<\/a>.” There were 24 questions organized under 5 themes plus 2 questions that might have inspired development of some kind of digital dashboard:<\/p>\n

Improving Canada\u2019s Digital Advantage<\/p>\n