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January 15, 2025 - accessibility regulations, open data visualizations (view source)
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, 15 Januarysummary of today's meeting
== Updates ==
== Accessible Canada Act - proposed updates to regulations ==
* Presentation from Roberto Tesolin, ESDC Accessible Canada Directorate
* [https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2024/2024-12-21/html/reg5-eng.html Proposed changes to the Accessible Canada Regulations] were published for consultation via the Canada Gazette in December
* Focus is on digital accessibility including both public-facing web and internal-facing systems
* Consultation is open until February 19, 2025 - Folks are encouraged to attend technical briefings - details on how to confirm your attendance are in the attached message:
[[media:Mass Email - ICT Regulations CG1 final sharing version.docx]]
== Open Government - new data visualizations ==
* Presentation from Damian Laverty, TBS GC Transparency Solutions
* Demo'ed new data visualization functionality for proactive disclosure data from open.canada.ca, to be launching soon
* Makes data that was already openly available (in a big spreadsheet) more digestible and understandable through interactive data visulation features
* Developed using PowerBI
* Interest in a follow-up regarding approach to accessibility for these features