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The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Toward a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies

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Governments generate vast amounts of digital data and information, and increasingly they are disseminating it online. The Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD) defines public sector information as having characteristics of being “dynamic and continually generated, directly generated by the public sector, associated with the functioning of the public sector (for example, meteorological data, business statistics), and readily useable in commercial applications…”.1 The OECD distinguishes PSI from “public content”, which it characterizes as being “static (i.e., it is an established record), held by the public sector rather than being generated by it (cultural archives, artistic works where third-party rights may be important), not directly associated with the functioning of government, and not necessarily associated with commercial uses but having other public good purposes (culture, education)”2. Most governments have initiatives of various kinds for promoting the use of the Internet as a way of disseminating their information products to the public. Governments use legislative and regulatory (administrative) mechanisms to implement policies concerning access to and reuse of this PSI. Some of these policies extend across the entire government, while others are specific to certain types of information or agencies within the government.

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: ., 2009

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1-105

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English

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978-0-309-13968-7

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The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Informa

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