[open-government] Fwd: NZ Government Open Access and Licensing framework (NZGOAL) released by Minister of State Services

Fri Aug 6 08:04:23 UTC 2010

Fantastic news! ;-)

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Hi, all

Just letting you know that the Minister of State Services has just
released the New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing
framework (NZGOAL).

NZGOAL was approved by Cabinet on 5 July 2010 as government guidance
for State Services agencies to follow when releasing copyright works
and non-copyright material for re-use by third parties. It
standardises the licensing of government copyright works for re-use
using Creative Commons licences and recommends the use of ‘no-known
rights’ statements for non-copyright material. It is widely recognised
that re-use of this material by individuals and organisations may have
significant creative and economic benefit for New Zealand.

NZGOAL does not apply to information or works containing personal or
other sensitive information, except for its guidance on anonymising
datasets which, once stripped of personal information, might be
licensed or released.

It advocates that State Services agencies should make their copyright
works which are or may be of interest or use to people available
online for re-use on the most open of licensing terms within NZGOAL –
the Creative Commons Attribution (BY) licence – unless a restriction
applies. Likewise they should provide public online access to
non-copyright material that is or may be of interest to people, using
a ‘no-known rights’ statement.

NZGOAL provides a series of open licensing and open access principles
for copyright works and non-copyright material. These principles
address, among other things, issues relating to open licensing, open
access, creativity, authenticity, non-discrimination, open format and
charging. It also guides agencies through the questions they need to
consider before releasing material for re-use.

The State Services Commission and the Department of Internal Affairs
would like to thank all of you ninjas who have helped us, challenged
us and expanded our appreciation of both the importance and potential
of open data.  NZGOAL is a work product that reflects the wisdom of
many a crowd.  It is testimony to the value in public contribution to
policy development.

We look forward to continuing working with you.

Go to www.e.govt.nz/policy/nzgoal to read NZGOAL (in multiple
formats), the Cabinet Minute (CAB Min (10) 24/5A), the Cabinet Paper,
the letter from the State Services Commissioner to Public Service
department Chief Executives alerting them to the release of NZGOAL,
and a series of Questions and Answers.

Please note that the PDF format is the authoritative version.

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Keitha Booth
Senior Advisor, ICT
State Services Commission
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-----Original Message-----
From: ninja-talk at groups.open.org.nz
[mailto:ninja-talk at groups.open.org.nz] On Behalf Of iregenaermel
Sent: Friday, 6 August 2010 11:54 a.m.
To: ninja-talk at groups.open.org.nz
Subject: [ninjas] Open data workshop, 29 July

Here is quick update on where we're at with our small series of
workshops on open NZ govt data. - But first I want to thank Rumi and
Julian for capturing and sharing some of the outputs of the first
workshop through this site.

Following discussion during and after the workshop on the 29th we have
decided to run a similar session with representatives from community
groups and NGOs to get their input into the subject as well. We have
sent out invitations to a selection of NGOs and community groups last
Wednesday. As the session is scheduled for Tuesday next week we
realise that it's fairly short notice, but we're still hoping for a
moderate turn-up.

If can think of someone you think should attend (think NGO or
community group representatives)please let me know.

Some further progress:
We are working on posting a blog-entry on our experience with Twitter
(yes, that was something new for us) and we are making the Data and
Information Reuse Programme aware of your request to publish more
information on the Programme online.

Cheers, Isabel

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