Promoting Government Information and Data Re-use

This Background Paper, released in December 2008, was the first stage of the Open Government Information and Data Re-use Project of the State Services Commission.

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  • International Public Information Environment

    Public information policy development at international and country levels has been active. In North America the focus has been on updating all-of-government best practice information management statements, whereas, at the international level, the OECDand European Union (EU) have released access, use and re-use of public information recommendations or directives. Licensing of public information has been a priority in Australia.

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  • Executive Summary

    The Internet and web technologies have changed the way information is used and discovered. The Internet is now the first place New Zealanders search to find information. Web 2.0 technologies and applications bring people and content together and allow the re-purposing of data and information in ways that were not previously possible.

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  • Background

    The Policy Framework for Government-held Information 1, released in 1997, is government's best practice statement for managing information held by Public Service departments. It anticipated a digital environment by encouraging Public Service departments to make government-held information "increasingly available on an electronic basis".

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  • New Zealand Government Information Environment

    Guidance for managing government-held information is provided by the Policy Framework for Government-held Information. Its principles cover availability, coverage, pricing, ownership, stewardship, collection, copyright, preservation, quality, integrity and privacy. The principles reflect the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982, Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, the Privacy Act 1993, Copyright Act 1994 and specific legislation such as the Statistics Act 1975.

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  • Promoting Government Information and Data Re-use

    One of the reasons for developing the Policy Framework for Government-held Information in the 1990s was a concern "that a culture has evolved that locks government-held information away as a specific departmental asset"37. The policy framework provided the initial guidance for Public Service departments to open up their non-personal information.

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