EURIM
Value of Information Subgroup
The importance of information, the current state of play
The Cabinet
Office has published the following reports:
Cabinet Office, Working Together - Public Services On Your Side
The paper details the steps the Government is taking to give people, communities
and frontline staff the information and real power they need to personalise
public services. Reflecting their local and individual needs will create a
richer, fairer and safer society.
Cabinet Office, Civil Service Reform working paper,
A brief overview of
the importance and nature of Civil Service reform, emphasizing the importance of
more accurate information and analysis to provide and evidence base of what
works and forward plan.
Ed Mayo and Tom Steinberg,
The Power of Information Task Force.
Sets
out the social and economic gains that be achieved from better use of the data
that government holds, and how much further the government has to go to
capitalise on these. It includes
recommendations on:
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liberalising
non-personal government information
to unlock the huge
innovation potential of the government's information;
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the cataloguing of public
sector information and government licensing terms;
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freeing up the UK's mapping
and address data for use in new services;
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ensuring that public sector
information is made as simple as possible for people to find and use.
Systemic culture and behaviour
change is required & help for the public sector acquire the new skills and
practices required
Cabinet Office, Transformational Government Review, May 09,
The third
annual Transformational Government report sets out the progress that has been
made during 2008. It stresses that
In particular…
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Government is committed to ensuring that civil servants are aware of
their responsibilities in managing knowledge and information effectively.
This means treating information as an asset.”
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