Access to Public Sector Information

On the back of the growing capacity of networked digital information technologies to process and visualise large amounts of information in a timely, efficient and user-driven manner, we have seen an increasing demand for better access to and re-use of public sector information. The story is not a new one. Share knowledge and together we can do great things; limit access and we reduce the potential for opportunity.

The two volumes of this book seek to explain and analyse the global shift in the way we manage public sector information. In doing so they collect and present papers, reports and submissions on the topic by the leading authors and institutions from across the world. These provide people tasked with mapping out and implementing information policy with reference material and practical guidance.

Volume 1 draws together papers on the topic by policymakers, academics and practitioners, while Volume 2 presents a selection of the key reports and submissions that have been published over the last few years. The volumes are also sold separately.

Open access versions of each volume are available on their respective individual pages
Volume 1
Volume 2

Brian Fitzgerald is an Australian legal academic and barrister, specialising in intellectual property and information technology.

Foreword
Preface

1. Access to and re-use of public sector information
 Brian Fitzgerald
2. Innovation and open access to public sector information
 Terry Cutler
3. The economics of public sector information
 Rufus Pollock
4. Open access and public sector information: policy developments in Australia and key jurisdictions
 Anne Fitzgerald
5. Enabling open access to public sector information with Creative Commons licences: the Australian experience
 Anne Fitzgerald, Neale Hooper and Brian Fitzgerald
6. NZ government information policy and data re-use project background paper
 Keitha Booth
7. Charting success and navigating the challenges in the PSI world
 Carol Tullo
8. PSI policy principles: European best practice
 Chris Corbin
9. UK public sector information and re-use policy: a 2008 analysis
 Stephen Saxby
10. Government data and the invisible hand
 David Robinson, Harlan Yu, William P. Zeller and Edward W. Felten
11. Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of governmental public domain information
 Paul Uhlir
12. Rationale for access to public sector information
 Fiona Stanley
13. Public sector information access policies in Europe
 Frederika Welle Donker
14. Data access in Canada: civicaccess.ca
 Tracey P. Lauriault and Hugh McGuire
15. An evidence-free zone
 Jamie Boyle
16. Information interoperability, government and open standards
 Anne Fitzgerald and Kylie Pappalardo
17. Economic issues in funding and supplying public sector information
 John S. Cook

Biographies
Index

Foreword
Preface

18. Submission to CLRC on Crown copyright
 Brian Fitzgerald
19. Government information and open content licensing: an access and use strategy
 Queensland Spatial Information Office, Queensland Government
20. The power of information
 Ed Mayo and Tom Steinberg
21. Towards a national information policy: discussion and recommendations in the Review of the National Innovation System
 Anne Fitzgerald
22. Power of Information Taskforce final report
 Power of Information Taskforce
23. Digital economy future directions
 Brian Fitzgerald, Anne Fitzgerald, Jessica Coates and Kylie Pappalardo
24. Venturous Australia: report chapter 7 – information and market design
 Review of The National Innovation System / Cutler and Company
25. OECD recommendation of the Council for Enhanced Access and More Effective Use of Public Sector Information
 OECD Committee for Information, Computer and Communication Policy
26. Borders in cyberspace: conflicting public sector information policies and their economic impacts
 Peter Weiss
27. Inquiry into improving access to Victorian public sector information and data: executive summary and recommendations
 Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee, Parliament of Victoria
28. Engage: getting on with government 2.0
 Government 2.0 Taskforce

Biographies
Index

‘This book would be a great addition to any reference or government information collection, particularly one emphasizing the intersection of public sector information and open access licensing for multimedia content. Any interdisciplinary study of copyright and fair use, whether related directly to public sector information or to the Internet in general, would also benefit greatly from this title.’
Tom Adamich   DttP: Documents to the People

Format: paperback
Size: 250 × 176 × 34 mm
678 pages
27 b&w tables and 33 b&w illustrations
Copyright: © 2010
ISBN: 9781920899547
Publication: 29 Jun 2010