[open-government] Is it too radical to demand everything?

Mon Sep 17 10:57:07 UTC 2012

This might be useful for others. It is the Australian Information
Commissioners statement on public sector information. Principle one is what
you are referring to.

Principle 1: Open access to information - a default position

Information held by Australian Government agencies is a valuable national
resource. If there is no legal need to protect the information it should be
open to public access. Information publication enhances public access.
Agencies should use information technology to disseminate public sector
information, applying a presumption of openness and adopting a proactive
publication stance.

http://oaic.gov.au/publications/agency_resources/principles_on_psi_short.html

Might be a useful precedent?

Cheers,
Pia
<http://oaic.gov.au/infopolicy-portal/reports_infopolicy.html#PSI_principles>

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Ivo Babaja <ivobab at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 15.9.2012 3:58, Josh Tauberer wrote:
>
>  the open data movement must demand from government and public sector to
> publish everything themselves
>
>
> It's not too radical. If you add in basic caveats for security, privacy,
> and intellectual property, I think most open gov advocates would say, yes,
> in a perfect world, government records should all be online. That sort of
> across-the-board transparency is the root of the freedom of information /
> right to know movement, which is right now pretty healthy across the world.
> People do demand that, and constitutions these days get written with that
> in mind. (Success!)
>
>
> That is exactly my point.
> If it is OK with everybody, why such a request is not written down as the
> ultimate (and at the same time basic) demand?
>
> Not just "we have the right to know" but "public sector must have
> obligation to publish".
>
> It is important because it opens up new question: *What this "Public
> Publishing System" should look like?*
>
> The answer will have to deal with those caveats that you mentioned.
>
> I know it is not a simple question, but I think that it is important topic
> to consider, along with current wonderful data-opening efforts.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Ivo Babaja
>
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