The Information Commissioner of Canada, Robert Marleau, provided his own personal reaction to a blog posting by Paul Wells, a columnist and blogger for Macleans magazine.

Commissioner Marleau followed up on his comments during a longer discussion with Wells, which Wells blogged this weekend.

The Information Commissioner, like my boss, is an independent Agent of the Parliament of Canada.

The United Kingdom Civil Service has come out with its Guidance on Participation Online, and the document is a beauty to behold. Short, simple, and, best of all, a document that encourages action and risk-taking.

Running the text through Wordle reveals that the writers have put the emphasis on the right concepts: representative, disclose, being aware, online participation - all enabling terms.

Peter Spaghetti, Dave and Emma (and Jeremy)have all commented on the guidelines ahead of me, but I don’t hold that against them.

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