Taskforce needs to loosen grip on hidden public data

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The Government's tight control of public information is outdated writes MBS Professor Joshua Gans.

Unlocking the information collection by governments - and deciding what information could be of social value - is the aim behind the new `Government 2.0' taskforce headed by economist Nicholas Gruen.

The taskforce's mission results from a key recommendation in the Cutler Review on Innovation- a taskforce that Dr Gruen served on. In BusinessDay last August, I highlighted an example with regard to the free availability of public toilet location information - also mentioned in the Cutler review because that information had actually been collected as part of the National Continence Manage…   [Read Full Text]