Public sector information in the digital age : between markets, public management and citizens' rights
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Public sector information in the digital age : between markets, public management and citizens' rights
Edward Elgar, c2004
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This timely volume reviews key issues and developments in the controversial area of public sector information (PSI). It addresses the fundamental themes, challenges and conflicts surrounding the access to, and use of, PSI in the new digital era. Using detailed empirical analyses and case studies from across Europe and the USA, the authors focus on the crucial policy, economic, legal and social issues. The public sector is the biggest single producer and holder of information including administrative and government documents, regulatory texts, political data and public registers. The authors demonstrate that this huge store of information is a key resource for a broad range of stakeholders such as citizens, civic organisations, private businesses and public sector agencies. They argue that charging the marginal cost of dissemination, a policy favoured in the US, will lead to optimal economic growth in society and will far outweigh the immediate perceived benefits of aggressive cost recovery. They illustrate how open government information policies create significant economic advantages to society and are beneficial in both the short and long term for the general public, the private sector and for governments themselves.
This is one of the first books devoted to addressing the new challenges of access to PSI and the role of public policy. The international contributors, including leading experts from Europe and US, have produced an informative and coherent resource that will be of interest to scholars, students and decision-makers working in the fields of public policy, economics, political science, law and information technology.
Table of Contents
Contents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. The Mechanics of Public Sector Information Part II: General Overview 2. Privacy Issues as Limits to Access 3. Access to Public Sector Information: In Need of Constitutional Recognition? 4. Information Access Legislation for the Future? Possibilities According to a Norwegian Experience Part III: Legal Policy Aspects: Europe and the US 5. Exploitation of Public Sector Information in the Context of the eEurope Action Plan 6. European Access Legislation: Consistence or Divergence? 7. The Foundations of United States Government Information Dissemination Policy 8. Borders in Cyberspace: Conflicting Public Sector Information Policies and their Economic Impacts Part IV: Economic Issues 9. Thunder and Lightening: Public Sector Information Policy Experiences of Private Meteorological Service Providers 10. Access Models for Public Sector Information: The Spatial Data Context Part V: The Problems of the Data Holders 11. Public Broadcasting and Digital Media Archives: The Example of Austrian Broadcasting Corporation 12. Cultural Heritage: The Conflict between Commercialisation and Public Ownership Part VI: The End Users' View 13. A Citizen's Perspective on Public Sector Information 14. Third-generation Freedom of Information in the Context of E-Government: The Case of Bremen, Germany 15. Harnessing Public Sector Information for Greater Accessibility: Austria and the UK Part VII: Outlook 16. Toward a Blueprint for a Policy on Public Sector Information Index
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