[LINK] Fwd: aliaOZGOVPUBS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 1

[Antony Barry]

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>   1. FW: [OAICnet] OAIC News - 8 February 2011	[SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
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> Subject: [OAICnet] OAIC News - 8 February 2011 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
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> Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 
> http://www.oaic.gov.au
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> Dear OAICnet subscriber,
> 
> OFFICE OF THE AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER NEWS:
> 
> 1. OAIC launches blog on its Issues Paper 1 - Towards an Australian
> Government Information Policy
> The OAIC released an issues paper entitled Towards an Australian
> Government Information Policy at its launch on 1 November 2010
> (available at http://www.oaic.gov.au/publications/papers.html). The
> Issues Paper proposes ten draft principles on open public sector
> information. The OAIC is now seeking comments on the principles via a
> blog available at http://oaic.govspace.gov.au . Alternatively, formal
> submissions can be made to consultation at oaic.gov.au . 
> Comments are due by 1 March 2011. 
> 
> 2. Accessibility and the Information Public Scheme (IPS) 
> Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) establishes the
> IPS for Australian government agencies subject to the Act. The OAIC has
> recently contributed a guest post about accessibility and the IPS on the
> Australian Government Information Management Office blog at:
> http://agimo.govspace.gov.au/2011/01/31/guest-post-get-ready-for-1-may-2
> 011-%e2%80%93-the-foi-information-publication-scheme/ . 
> Comments are due by 1 March 2011.
> 
> 3. FOI Guidelines: Part 4 - Charges for providing access issued 
> The Information Commissioner formally issued Part 4 of the FOI
> guidelines on 4 February 2011. This Part, and the other 5 Parts that
> have been formally issued, are available on the OAIC's website at
> http://www.oaic.gov.au/publications/guidelines.html . Agencies must have
> regard to these guidelines in performing a function or exercising a
> power under the FOI Act. 
> 
> 4. Inaugural IC review decision
> On 25 January 2011, FOI Commissioner James Popple delivered the first
> review decision under section 55K of the FOI Act. Commissioner Popple
> reviewed a decision by NBN Co to refuse access to the applicant Mr David
> Crowe (The Australian newspaper) to submissions made by NBN Co to the
> Australian Consumer Competition Commission. Commissioner Popple affirmed
> NBN Co's decision that it is not an entity that is subject to the Act.
> The decision is available on the OAIC website here:
> http://www.oaic.gov.au/publications/decisions.html . 
> 
> 
> OTHER CONSULTATIONS:
> 
> 5. Superannuation law changes
> The Australian Government Department of the Treasury has released draft
> legislation to allow superannuation funds to use tax file numbers (TFNs)
> to identify members' accounts from 1 July 2011. These measures stem from
> the Cooper review of superannuation, to which the Office made a
> submission: http://www.privacy.gov.au/materials/types/download/9467/7034
> . The draft legislation can be viewed here:
> http://strongersuper.treasury.gov.au/content/Content.aspx?doc=home.htm .
> Comments are due by 17 February 2011.
> 
> 6. Draft public sector information licensing guidelines
> The Australian Government Attorney-General's Department is currently
> seeking comments on guidelines to assist Government agencies in making
> licensing decisions about adopting Creative Commons or other open
> licensing arrangements when publishing public sector information. The
> guidelines are available here:
> http://agimo.govspace.gov.au/2011/02/01/guest-post-comment-sought-on-dra
> ft-public-sector-information-licensing-guidelines/ . 
> Comments are due by 21 February 2011.
> 
> 7. Exposure Drafts of Australian Privacy Amendment Legislation - Credit
> Reporting
> The Parliament of Australia - Senate Finance and Public Affairs
> Committee is currently conducting an inquiry into the Exposure Draft of
> Australian Privacy Amendment Legislation - Credit Reporting. Information
> about the inquiry is available here
> http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/fapa_ctte/priv_exp_drafts/index.h
> tm 
> Comments are due by 24 March 2011.
> 
> Regards 
> 
> Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
> 

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