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This document discusses open government and challenges around access to government information in Australia. It notes a 50% reduction in recorded government publications over the past decade due to devolved responsibilities and a shift to online publishing. While more information is available online, issues include lack of long-term access as websites and documents change or disappear. The document calls for a comprehensive national policy and infrastructure to support permanent public access to government information and ensure transparency.
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- 1. Open government and technology — new directions and challenges Presentation to 30th Anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 conference
- 2. • Government publications are vital to understand policy and its implementation • In an era of evidence based policy documents used to support policy development will increasing be public – short term access models are not adequate 2
- 3. Government information Types Purposes Reports What has the agency done? Accountability Can be issue specific White papers For consultation on policy Green papers Policy announcements Research Evidence base/open policy making Guidelines Implementation/service delivery 3
- 4. Some key developments Year Report/change 1964 Commonwealth Parliamentary Select Committee on Parliamentary and Government Publications report (Erwin report) 1997 Management of Government Information as a National Strategic Resource (Wainwright report) 1997 AGPS moves to NOIE 2006 Joint Committee on Publications Distribution of the Parliamentary Papers Series 4
- 5. Year Report/change 2009 Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0 2010 Electronic distribution of the Parliamentary Papers Series 2010 FoI Act changes including the Information Publications Scheme Establishment of Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 2012 Senator the Hon Penny Wong announces ―greater reliance on publishing online only‖ 5
- 6. Policy responsibilities include • Attorney Generals Department • Department of Finance and Deregulation, including AGIMO 6
- 7. Towards an Australian Government Information Policy Principles on open public sector information 1: Open access to information – a default position 2: Engaging the community 3: Effective information governance 4: Robust information asset management 5: Discoverable and useable information 6: Clear reuse rights 7: Appropriate charging for access 8: Transparent enquiry and complaints processes http://www.oaic.gov.au/publications/papers/issues_paper1_towards_australian _government_information_policy.pdf 7
- 8. What has happened to government publishing? • Devolved responsibilities • Overall trend reduction in ―publications‖ of around 50% over the past decade (recorded in NBD) 8
- 9. Commonwealth government publications recorded in National Bibliographic Database 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 Titles 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 9
- 10. Agency in 2011 • Consistent with figures from the NBD which show reduced publishing (NBD) by about 50% from 2001 to 2011. • Now majority are online. 120% 100% 80% Not online 60% Online 40% 20% 0% 2001 2011 10
- 11. One agency – a decade of change • 2001 publications – where did online publications go? Agency A: 2001 online publications locations in 2012 On agency No longer website available online 28% 29% Pandora 24% On another website (university, OECD) 19% 11
- 12. Agency B – early adopted of online publishing Agency B - 2001 publications 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% published electronically not published electronically 12
- 13. Agency B 2001 electronic publications Available online 21% No longer available online 79% Available online includes title available on PANDORA (20%) and a university website (20%) 13
- 14. Discoverability 14
- 15. Issues: Long term access – Agencies often have only the most up to date manual or guidance – Around 10% of material is not online (see http://www.anao.gov.au/uploads/documents/2 008-09_Audit_Report_37.pdf and this study) – Directories - only latest information online – Machinery of government changes mean website addresses change and documents are ―archived‖ or lost 15
- 16. Challenges: finding 16
- 17. Issues • Do we have the right policy mechanisms? • Are individual agencies the appropriate solution? • Is creative commons or public domain the right policy framework? 17
- 18. Developments • DOFD and NLA in discussion • Publications are – A Policy record – Fundamental to transparency – Potential use cannot be predicted 18
- 19. Questions • Do agencies have a common understanding that long term access is important? • Do we have an infrastructure that supports this? • Do we have the right legal environment? • What can we do about the ―dark age‖? 19
- 20. 2013 • An election before 30 November 2013 • Machinery of government changes coming 20