Principles and practices of public sector information disclosures

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  09.02.2012  |  pdf, 137 Kt

Summary

The results of the Working Group on Promoting the Availability and Use of Public Sector Information Resources are:
• A proposal on general terms of use relating to the handling of information in national base registers
• A proposal on a licence model for public sector open data
• A proposal on principles relating to information disclosure fees

The working group has reviewed the income received by agencies from information disclosures, the criteria for determining such income, and income by customer sector. In respect of the information resources mentioned in Section 10 of the Act on Information Management Governance in Public Administration, the Ministry of Finance has included in the preparation of the 2013–2016 central government spending limits the working group’s proposal on the transfer to a payment-free system within the public sector for the disclosure of information in standard form. For this, the intention is to reallocate appropriations to authorities that disclose information.
The report covers administrative and financial issues and effects relating to the joint use and re-use of information. In the view of the working group, the Act on the Openness of Government Activities and the Act on Criteria for Charges Payable to the State allow the implementation of the proposals on the fees chargeable for information disclosures. The working group proposes that ministries organise a survey, under the direction of the Ministry of Finance, of information resources in their administrative branch, evaluate their content, initiate measures and review possible legislative development needs in respect of the joint use and re-use of information.

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• Julkishallinnon tietoluovutusten periaatteet ja käytännöt
  09.02.2012
• Principer och praxis för överlåtande av information från den offentliga förvaltningen
  09.02.2012

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