[LINK] Australian Government Open Information Access Report

[Tom Worthington]

Greetings from Canberra, where Professor John McMillan, the Australian 
Information Commissioner just launched the report "Open public sector 
information: from principles to practice": 
http://oaic.gov.au/publications/reports/open_psi_principle_to_practice_february2013.html

 From the report's Analysis section:

     Strong agency leadership
     Strategic management of PSI assets
     Public engagement
     Information management
     Using Web 2.0 to support open PSI
     Open licensing
     Charging for access to PSI
     Complaints and enquiries processes
     PSI issues for galleries, libraries, archives and museums
     Keeping abreast of international developments
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The commissioner also pointed out that agencies have difficulty with the 
accessibility for the disabled of their documents and do not have 
metadata for many documents. Another challenge was agencies implementing 
the government's policy of open access being the default.

Professor McMillan was speaking at an event organized by NICTA as part 
of "Open Data Day".

More on my blog at: 
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2013/02/australian-government-open-information.html


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