Title: Public sector information in the digital age : between markets, public management and citizens' rights /
Authors: Aichholzer, Georg.; Burkert, Herbert.
Publisher: E. Elgar,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Government information European Union countries Congresses.; Public records Access control European Union countries Congresses.; Information policy European Union countries Congresses.
Abstract: "This timely volume reviews key issues and developments in the controversial area of public sector information (PSI). It addresses the fundamental themes, challenges and conflicts surrounding the access to, and use of, PSI in the new digital era. Using detailed empirical analyses and case studies from across Europe and the USA, the authors focus on the crucial policy, economic, legal and social issues." "This is one of the first books devoted to addressing the new challenges of access to PSI and the role of public policy. The international contributors, including leading experts from Europe and the US, have produced an informative and coherent resource that will be of interest to scholars, students and decision-makers working in the fields of public policy, economics, political science, law and information technology."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: The mechanics of public sector information / Herbert Burkert -- Privacy issues as limits to access / Charles D. Raab -- Access to public sector information : in need of constitutional recognition? / Corien Prins -- Information access legislation for the future? Possibilities according to a Norwegian experience / Dag Wiese Schartum -- Exploitation of public sector information in the context of the eEurope action plan / Yvo Volman -- European access legislation : consistence or divergence? / Maeve McDonagh -- The foundations of United States government information dissemination policy / Robert Gellman -- Borders in cyberspace : conflicting public sector information policies and their economic impacts / Peter N. Weiss -- Thunder and lightning : public sector information policy experiences of private meteorological service providers / Michael Kamps -- Access models for public sector information : the spatial data context / Massimo Craglia and Michael Blakemore -- Public broadcasting and digital media archives : the example of Austrian Broadcasting Corporation / Peter Dusek, Philipp Marouschek and Martin Szerencsi -- Cultural heritage : the conflict between commercialisation and public ownership / Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger -- A citizen's perspective on public sector information / Monika Bargmann, Gerald Pfeifer and Boris Piwinger -- Third-generation freedom of information in the context of e-government : the case of Bremen, Germany / Herbert Kubicek -- Harnessing public sector information for greater accessibility : Austria and the UK / Georg Aichholzer and Puay Tang -- Towards a blueprint for a policy on public sector information / Herbert Burkert and Peter N. Weiss.