On 14/01/11 14:15, Stefan Magdalinski wrote:
On 14 Jan , at 15:37:43, Sam Smith wrote:
On 14 Jan 2011, at 12:36, Alexander Harrowell wrote:
The Cabinet Office is a perfectly good place for it. Its core responsibility is
the machinery of government and the civil service. Where it is now is right
with the people responsible for admin workflow.
Agreed - but that wasn't the point I was making. My question was how far up the
agenda it should be (considered objectively).
This new thing looks like privatization. Oppose. Can always accept later!
this thing *is* a substantive change from something that's quite bad.
What it changes into, is currently open, and one option is something that looks
like privatisation.
If you/we want something different, then we need to make a case for that being the best
option which is far stronger than "looks like privatization. Oppose"
The best option is the one where all published government data is
automatically, by law, put into the public domain (as I believe, is the case in
the US).
Don't forget 'and in a sensible format'. Having all government data put
into the public domain is less useful (though still better than the UK
situation) if it's just a collection of Word or PDF files. :)
Paul
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