Carol Tullo, The National Archives 14 April 2011

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

2. Government transparency and information re-use 5

3. Transparency and public data • 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 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)

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

5. Right to Data • 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 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

6. Default common licence for PSI • Licensing tool for information providers across the public sector • A ”key piece of architecture for public data re-use” – Nigel Shadbolt 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 Image: velvetkevorkian (Source: Flickr) 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. For PDC reference go to Government Assets section, page 50, paragraph 2.19)

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 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 Image: JacDepczyk

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