Re: New Public Sector Transparency Board and Public Data Transparency Principles

I have posted the following comments in the site. I'm not sure if it is an
appropriate comment.:

https://www.data.gov.uk/blog/new-public-sector-transparency-board-and-public-data-transparency-principles#comment-2961

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Submitted by krisdev <https://www.data.gov.uk/users/krisdev> on Thu,
09/09/2010 - 10:03.


In my opinion, all Data available with any Public Authority must be deemed
as Public Data. Only Data classified and declared as Secret affecting
National Interest should be excluded from the purview of Public Data. It is
best to put all G2G, G2C, G2B communications on the web on real time basis
by introducing a single e-Governance Tool where the entire vertical and
horizontal hierarchy of Governance from the national to the last local level
is integrated and all citizens / business are also integrated. Biometric Zip
Drives with sufficient security built around the inputting, transmission,
storage and retrieval of data is important. Any communication not included
under the Online Public Data System should not be recognized as official
communication.

Kris Dev
ICT & e-Gov Consultant
LIfe Line to Business
http://ll2b.blogspot.com

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Webb, KerryA <KerryA.Webb@act.gov.au> wrote:

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> *From:* public-egov-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:
> public-egov-ig-request@w3.org] *On Behalf Of *Mike Norton
> *Sent:* Thursday, 9 September 2010 1:59 PM
> *To:* chris@e-beer.net.au; public-egov-ig@w3.org
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> *Cc:* pia.waugh@aph.gov.au
> *Subject:* Re: New Public Sector Transparency Board and Public Data
> Transparency Principles
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> Thanks Chris.  My two cents as the Devil's advocate:
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> 1) "Public data policy and practice will be clearly driven by the public
> and businesses who want and use the data..." This seems to be a dangling key
> for businesses although I'm not convinced the same key will be available to
> individual consumers of said data.
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> I thin it depends on how we use the word “public”.  A lot of public groups
> that can’t be classified as businesses have shown themselves to be eager
> users of public data.
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> The occasional individual might be interested, but I can see lots of
> community groups getting involved.
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> My 2c worth.
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> Kerry
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