Peter O’Malley served as a communications consultant to the federal government for more than 30 years. During that time he worked on numerous federal government web presence and web consolidation projects. He now teaches at the Carleton University School of Journalism and Communication.
Harperites' secret plan to 'streamline' websites likely to cut public access to vital information.
by Peter O’Malley
Were it not for a conscientious bureaucrat who leaked a presentation on Harper’s “web presence renewal” strategy to the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (BCFIPA), we would, as usual, not know anything about the Prime Minister’s plan A) to slash the number of federal departmental web sites, B) to remove “unpopular” information from the sites that remain, and C) to set up formal, centralized supervision over information subsequently posted on the handful of surviving web sites.