1. Carol Tullo, The National Archives 14 April 2011 The Checks and Balances of a Transparent Public Sector World of Information

2. Government transparency and information re-use 5

3. Transparency and public data Coalition Agreement “ ….. Setting government data free will bring significant economic benefits by enabling businesses and non-profit organisations to build innovative applications and websites.” (Section 16) Public Data Principles for use and re-use  public data policy and practice will be clearly driven by the public and businesses who want to use the data  public data will be released under the same open licence which enables free re-use, including commercial re-use  public bodies should actively enable the re-use of their public data  public data will be published using open standards and in reusable form  release data quickly, and then re-publish it in linked data form  public bodies should maintain and publish inventories of their data holdings http://data.gov.uk/wiki/Public_Data_Principles

4. Regulation and standards Access Freedom of Information Environmental Information Regulations Data Protection Information inventories and asset registers Use and re-use PSI Regulations Information Fair Trader Scheme UK Government Licensing Framework Public task  Principles and toolkit 4

5. Right to Data Protections of Freedoms Bill (clause 92) To facilitate the release and re-use of datasets held by public authorities  Release  Publication schemes  FOI requests  Re-use  Licensing - open and standardised  Re-usable format - open and standardised Revised Code of Practice under the Freedom of Information Act 5 Policy objectives  Public data publishing in an open and standardised format, so that it can be used easily and with minimal cost by third parties  Commitment to implementing a “right to data” in their information strategies, giving the public access to datasets they request  Release of core reference data for free re-use from the Public Data Corporation

6. A ”key piece of architecture for public data re-use” – Nigel Shadbolt  Default common licence for PSI  Licensing tool for information providers across the public sector http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence /

7. Open Government Licence – some headlines Progress Central government  Including all key departments of state  Ordnance Survey OpenData Local government  Increasing adoption across the public sector  180 local authorities so far (up from 32 in December 2010)  Becta, Parole Board, Audit Scotland, Scottish Funding Council  Recommended by Local Government Association, Local Public Data Panel, Nigel Shadbolt, Tim Berners Lee Marker for governments across Europe….

8. High value public datasets Key elements  Public task  Information inventories (IARs)  Licensing – UK Government Licensing Framework  Charging policy Public Data Corporation " The Government is considering the merits of machinery of government changes to facilitate the development of a Public Data Corporation (PDC) through a sponsoring department. If the Government decides to proceed, a first step would be to establish a PDC Shadow Board. It will also create an inventory of datasets from key data-holding organisations. The Government, through the Cabinet Office, will also put in place a policy statement on data by autumn 2011 covering access and licensing terms for public data. " (http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/2011budget.htm.http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/2011budget.htm For PDC reference go to Government Assets section, page 50, paragraph 2.19) Image: velvetkevorkian (Source: Flickr)

9. Standards and data publishing Standards and metadata publishing 5* data publishing  Designed by Tim Berners-Lee in 2009  Promotes Linked Data as the best approach to putting data on the web ★ Put your data on the Web (any format) ★★ Make it available as structured data (e.g. Excel, CSV, instead of PDF) ★★★ Use open, standard formats (e.g. XML, RDF) ★★★★ Use URLs to identify things (so people and machines can point at your data) ★★★★★ Link your data to other people’s data Provenance and authenticity Risks and sensitivities 9 Image: threedots (Source: Flickr)

10. Setting standards: UK legislation

11. Leadership in Knowledge and Information Management Knowledge Council – KIM profession in Government Information Management Assessments What To Keep Digital Continuity 20 year rule; delivery of transparency Sensitivity review at scale Collaborative tools and training Civil Pages: community of interest Knowledge sharing, knowledge transfer – best practice for policy areas and profession Good knowledge and information management enables better handling, sensitivity review and protection, release and publishing, transparency and reusability 11 Image: Jac Depczyk

12. For good. For the record.For good.