Literature Review
Professor Anne Fitzgerald, with the assistance of the auPSI research team and others, is conducting a literature review of material relating to the governance and provision of access to public sector information (PSI).
The objective of the literature review is to identify materials published in Australia and elsewhere dealing with policies, principles and practices relating to access to and reuse of public sector information. The literature review covers materials relating to public sector information generally and publicly funded research data and publications, as well as materials dealing specifically with spatial information.
Chapter 3 identifies policies and materials produced by international organisations such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the international Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) and is available at: International Chapter (via QUT ePrints).
Key Policy Documents
The following list contains a number of key policy documents relating to PSI. We have labelled these "international" here because they apply to jurisdictions outside of Australia.
For further links, references and resources, please follow the "Links" tab from the auPSI home page.
International
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Recommendation of the Council for Enhanced Access and More Effective Use of Public Sector Information (2008)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Seoul Declaration for the Future of the Internet Economy and the shaping policies for the future of the internet economy (including Recommendations and Guidances) (2008)
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), Antarctic Treaty (signed in Washington on 1 December 1959, entered into force on 23 June 1961)
Europe
- European Council and European Parliament Directive establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information (the INSPIRE Directive) (2007)
- European Council and European Parliament Directive on the Reuse of Public Sector Information (2003) - available from the European Commission's website
- European Parliament and European Council Directive on Public Access to Environment Information (2003)
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters ("Aarhus Convention") (1998)
United States
- President Barack Obama, Transparency and Open Government, Memorandum for the Heads of Executive and Agencies, Office of the Press Secretary, The White House (21 January 2009) [.pdf, 18.5 kb]
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130 - Management of Federal Information Resources (2000)