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

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

Government&

Public Policy

Data&

Software

Negotiation&

Strategy

8

key points1. new expectations2. ATIP is technology dependent3. stack = process4. ideas

<1>New Expectations

30 milliseconds

30 milliseconds

vs.

4 months

"The Net interprets censorship as

damage and routes around it."

“Citizens interprets delay as damage..."

is ATIP the solution, or the

problem?

<2>ATIP is

technologydependent

history

1766 - Sweden

1766 - Sweden

1966 - United States

1766 - Sweden

1966 - United States

1974 - United States (Privacy Amendments)

1978 - France

1977 - Mexico

1970 - Norway

1766 - Sweden

1966 - United States

1982 - Canada, New Zealand & Australia

1974 - United States (Privacy Amendments)

1978 - France

1977 - Mexico

1970 - Norway

1985 - Denmark

1980 - Netherlands

1766 - Sweden

1966 - United States

1982 - Canada, New Zealand & Australia

1974 - United States (Privacy Amendments)

2000 - United Kingdom

1978 - France

1977 - Mexico

1970 - Norway

1985 - Denmark

1980 - Netherlands

1998 - South Korea & Belize

1993 - Belgium

1991 - Brazil

1998 - Ireland

why?

1966 - United States

1982 - Canada, New Zealand & Australia

1974 - United States (Privacy Amendments)

2000 - United Kingdom

1978 - France

1977 - Mexico

1985 - Denmark

1980 - Netherlands

1998 - South Korea & Belize

1993 - Belgium

1991 - Brazil

1998 - Ireland

1966 - United States

1970 - Norway

progressive coalitions

political/trust crisis

best practice

1966 - United States

1982 - Canada, NZ & Australia

1974 - US(Privacy Amendments)

2000 - United Kingdom

1978 - France

1977 - Mexico

1970 - Norway

1985 - Denmark

1980 - Netherlands

1998 - South Korea & Belize

1993 - Belgium

1991 - Brazil

1998 - Ireland

1960 - Xerox 914 copier

1966 - United States

1982 - Canada, NZ & Australia

1974 - US(Privacy Amendments)

2000 - United Kingdom

1978 - France

1977 - Mexico

1970 - Norway

1985 - Denmark

1980 - Netherlands

1998 - South Korea & Belize

1993 - Belgium

1991 - Brazil

1998 - Ireland

*50-59 revenue = $12M

1960 - Xerox 914 copier

1968 - $1B in sales

1966 - United States

1982 - Canada, NZ & Australia

1974 - US(Privacy Amendments)

2000 - United Kingdom

1978 - France

1977 - Mexico

1970 - Norway

1985 - Denmark

1980 - Netherlands

1998 - South Korea & Belize

1993 - Belgium

1991 - Brazil

1998 - Ireland

1960 - Xerox 914 copier

1968 - $1B in sales1969 - largest 100 companies1970 - $1.6B in sales

1966 - United States

1982 - Canada, NZ & Australia

1974 - US(Privacy Amendments)

2000 - United Kingdom

1978 - France

1977 - Mexico

1970 - Norway

1985 - Denmark

1980 - Netherlands

1998 - South Korea & Belize

1993 - Belgium

1991 - Brazil

1998 - Ireland

1980 - $8B in sales ~60% market share

1960 - Xerox 914 copier

1968 - $1B in sales1969 - largest 100 companies1970 - $1.6B in sales

ATIPis predicated

on the existenceof copiers

why it matters

<3>technology

shapes process

values driven

technology agnostic

values driven

technology agnostic

ATIP/FOIA

built on a set ofassumptions

ATIP/FOIA

built on a stack

technology stack

commissioners

live

in a world ofprocess

ATIP PROCESS

BLACK BOX

POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENTDISTRIBUTION

INVESTIGATIONS

ATIP PROCESS

BLACK BOX

POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENTDISTRIBUTION

INVESTIGATIONS

software

software is process

control the software

control the process

influence the software

influence the process

ATIP PROCESS

BLACK BOX

POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENTDISTRIBUTION

INVESTIGATIONS

PROCUREMENTOPEN BY DEFAULTEASY TO ACCESS

Rules, Processes

& Culture

ATIP PROCESS

BLACK BOX

POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENTDISTRIBUTION

INVESTIGATIONS

PROCUREMENTOPEN BY DEFAULTEASY TO ACCESS

Rules, Processes

& Culture

report about this

sometimes comment on this

write about this

auditing

booksto

spreadsheetsto

systems

auditing

booksto

spreadsheetsto

systems

auditing

booksto

spreadsheetsto

systems

<4>ideas

1. help define standards for procurement

ATIP PROCESS

BLACK BOX

POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENTDISTRIBUTION

INVESTIGATIONS

PROCUREMENTOPEN BY DEFAULTEASY TO ACCESS

Rules, Processes

& Culture

understand our assumptions

actpoliciesstandards

open data as pre-approved

systems

why not for some document creation

processes?

why not for some document creation

processes?

procurementbuyandsell.gc.ca

2. Create your open data on response

times

build power

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3. open data

assess openness of data

especially regulatory data

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)

3. there is an opportunity for a

broader tent

not just governmentnot just reporters

hello!:programmers/developersarchivistslibrariansbloggers

CIOstechnologists

access gov20

access gov20

accountability leverage

find commoninterests

speedreliabilitypersistence

accountabilityleverage

accessibility

We need a new act

- 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.

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ATIP PROCESS

STORAGE/ARCHIVE

INTERNAL USAGE

DOCUMENT CREATION

PROCUREMENT

POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENTDISTRIBUTION

HARD DRIVESARCHIVES

POLITICAL/SECURITY ASSESSMENTEMAIL

ATIP PROCESS

STORAGE/ARCHIVE

INTERNAL USAGE

DOCUMENT CREATION

PROCUREMENT