Fwd: FW: [Aust-NZ] Moves to free Australian Public Sector Information

[Bruce Bannerman]

OSGeo-AustNZ's submission has been cited numerous times throughout the final
report.

This is pleasing to see, given the effort involved in putting it together.


http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/edic/inquiries/access_to_PSI/EDIC_ACCESS_TO_PSI_REPORT_2009.pdf


Bruce Bannerman




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com]
> Sent: Friday, 26 June 2009 11:04 AM
> To: Rob Atkinson
> Cc: Aust-NZ OSGeo; geodata at lists.osgeo.org; Bruce Bannerman;
> Anne Fitzgerald; Donna Benjamin
> Subject: Re: [Aust-NZ] Moves to free Australian Public Sector
> Information
>
> Rob,
> The source report is primarily about open data with a few
> comments about open source which I have highlighted.
>
> Open Data and Open Source are two different, but
> complementary issues, and supports of one tend to be
> sympathisers for both.
>
> Rob Atkinson wrote:
> > This post purports to be about information, but the content
> is about software.
> >
> > I think we are confusing two separate issues.  (although
> its arguable
> > that availability of software is an enabler for open information).
> >
> > The best driver for uptake of open source will be available
> data. But
> > we wont get the data till we have the technology established in the
> > mindset - much like the current standard of online access to
> > government services was kick started by the WWW technology).
> >
> > I'll be going to FOSS4G with an eye to keeping tabs on how close we
> > are to being able to drive the debate effectively. At the moment
> > Google and other online mapping drive much thinking through
> provision
> > of base mapping.  What should we focus on?
> >
> > Rob Atkinson
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Cameron
> > Shorter<cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2009/06/moves-to-free-australian-p
> >> ublic-sector.html
> >>
> >> The Victorian Parliament's Economic Development and Infrastructure
> >> Committee
> >> ("EDIC") has released a report recommending the freeing of
> access to
> >> Public Sector Information. Bruce Bannerman and I tabled an OSGeo
> >> <http://osgeo.org/> submission for this report, as did a number of
> >> other enlightened organisations.
> >> Anne Fitzgerald summarises the situation well, (note that Anne has
> >> submitted an abstract about Open Data for the FOSS4G
> >> <http://2009.foss4g.org/>
> >> conference):
> >>
> >>   I, Brian Fitzgerald and other research collaborators (including
> >>   those working within the Queensland Treasury's Office of Economic
> >>   and Statistical Research) made verbal and written
> submissions, which
> >>   are extensively referred to with approval by the committee
> >>   throughout its report. This is a very important report,
> as it is the
> >>   first in Australia to consider in depth the issue of access to
> >>   Public Sector Information, and is likely to provide the
> template for
> >>   work by the Federal and other [Australian] State/Territory
> >>   governments. The report recommends that the Victorian Government
> >>   should establish an Information Management Framework, with open
> >>   access to Government information at no or marginal cost as the
> >>   default position.
> >>
> >> Donna Benjamin noted on the Open Source Industries Australia email
> >> list some of the Open Source highlights:
> >>
> >>   Recommendation 42: That the Victorian Government
> require, as part of
> >>   its whole-of-government ICT Procurement Policy, that software
> >>   procured by the Government be capable of saving files in open
> >>   standard formats, and that wherever possible, the software be
> >>   configured to save in open standard formats by default.
> >>
> >>   Recommendation 43: That the Victorian Government ensure when
> >>   preparing guidance for procurement, ICT personnel should
> be equally
> >>   aware of the strengths and weaknesses of both OSS and proprietary
> >>   software.
> >>
> >>   Recommendation 44: That the Victorian Government fully
> evaluate the
> >>   Victorian Department of Justice open source software (OSS)
> >>   workstation trial to assess the potential for wider use of OSS in
> >>   Victorian public service workstations.
> >>
> >>   Recommendation 45: That the Victorian Government examine
> its policy
> >>   for ICT Procurement to ensure that it continues to assist the
> >>   Victorian ICT industry.
> >>
> >>   Recommendation 46: That the Victorian Government ensure where
> >>   appropriate that tenders are neither licence specific nor have
> >>   proprietary software-specific requirements; and meet the given
> >>   objectives of Government.
> >>
> >>
> >> For further information, read the press release at:
> >>
> http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/edic/inquiries/access_to_PSI/PSI_Inq
> >> uiry_Media_Release.pdf
> >> The report itself is at
> >>
> http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/edic/inquiries/access_to_PSI/final_r
> >> eport.html
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cameron Shorter
> >> Geospatial Systems Architect
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> >> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
> >>
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> >>
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>
>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
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>
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