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As the manager of a City IT department I would really like to understand this
thread. I just went to the sight, searched for my old residence by address, and
got back the information in a blink of an eye. A similar site at the City of
Victoria generated a recent ruling by the BC Freedom of Information
Commissioner restricting the type of searches that could be provided, but the
Calgary site complies with this ruling. It actually provides less information
than would be allowed in BC.

So what is the issue?

--
Frank F.R. Mayhood
Information Technology Manager  Ph. (250)828-3441
City of Kamloops   Fax (250)828-3578
E-mail: fmayhood@city.kamloops.bc.ca

Bill Ross wrote:

> It may be that the city wants to control the ability of people to make
> copies of the information, and exposing it on a web site would make that
> control difficult. I believe that in Toronto access to property and related
> information is a revenue generator.
>
> I guess they should have thought of that before jumping on the web
> bandwagon.
>
> Bill Ross
>
> Tom Ruta <rutat@cadvision.com> on 03/16/99 08:19:37 AM
>
> Please respond to CIPS General Discussion List <CIPS-L@LISTSERV.UNB.CA>
>
> To:   CIPS-L@LISTSERV.UNB.CA
> cc:    (bcc: Bill Ross/CTAL/CTC)
> Subject:  Re: How NOT to Use the Internet to Bolster Public Confidence
>
> "Olson, Mark" <olsonm@cadvision.com> wrote:
> ...
> >I am suspicious that technology is being used as the scapegoat here.  As
> >Tom noted, popularity is not a logical reason so shut down a site.
> >
> Bingo!
> >I suspect that either privacy issues came up (my understanding was that
> >you could look up the assessment of any property in the city),
> That information (AVAILABILITY MANDATORY BY LAW - Municipal
> Government Act RSA 1995) is available at the rolls in the
> city hall and selected areas around town.  Concerns over
> privacy resulted in the reduction of available info from the
> paper rolls, so that can't be it.
> > or the
> >information available was causing more problems for the assessment folks
> >than it solved.
> >
> Man... you are spot on today!  Make it easy to get
> information and people might actually ask intelligent
> questions.
> >However, I will be the first to admit that this is uninformed
> >speculation on my part.  Anyone out there with some more solid
> >information they could share?
> >
> Well, the City of Calgary and my Alderman don't have an
> answer.
> Tom
>
> ==============================================================
>    Tom Ruta, ISP                     "Nunc hoc in marmore
>    Manager, Information Services       non est incision"
>    Marathon Canada Limited
>    FAX:   (403)262-5324
>    PHONE: (403)974-7690    Email: tomruta@marathon.com
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