Melanie Robert is the Executive Director for Open Government at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS). She leads the Government of Canada’s efforts to be more open, transparent and accountable. She is also the Open Government Partnership’s Point of Contact for the Government of Canada. On open government, Mélanie coordinates efforts across the federal family, collaboration with provinces and territories ? and stakeholder engagement and dialogue on open government. With over 20 years of experience in the federal public service, Mélanie has worked on wide variety of files, providing strategic advice, government regulations and enforcement on technology-related files, strategic policy and planning, as well as consultations and communications.