On 14 Jan , at 10:58:44, Mark Goodge wrote: > On 14/01/2011 08:30, Stefan Magdalinski wrote: >> >> http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/public-data-corporation-free-public-data-and-drive-innovation >> >> How is this different from any of the previous initiatives from >> data.gov.uk to the e-envoy's office blah blah blah? > > That's a good question. Reading between the lines a bit, I think it's > intended primarily to address two specific points. Firstly, data.gov.uk and > the e-envoy's office are currently under the remit of the Cabinet Office, > which probably isn't the most appropriate long-term home for either of them. > But, on the other hand, giving the responsibility to a department of state > would rather miss the point that data management is supposed to be neutral > between departments. Setting up an independent PDC will maintain departmental > neutrality while relieving the Cabinet Office of the task. > > Secondly, and a point that's explicitly referred to in the press release, is > that the government wants to find a way to monetise all the data that's going > to be given away for free. The suggestion seems to be that they want private > sector investment, although it's not clear what form that will take. I can > think of three possible routes this could take, which, from a user's > perspective, are good, neutral and bad respectively.
That's the bit I missed: So here we are, 'sweating the assets' again. Back to our 1996 square one. Stef > > Mark > -- > http://mark.goodge.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/stefan%40whitelabel.org -- /* Stefan Magdalinski +27 82 0431230 (SA) * +254 710 103500 (KE) PLS UPDATE* smagdali (IM/twitter/flickr/dopplr/skype/etc) */ _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
