Government 2.0 Taskforce Final Report Released -
Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0
In December 2009, the Government 2.0 Taskforce released its final report, entitled, Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0 (December 2009, 136 pages). The report was released under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia Licence.
The report makes a number of important recommendations, including Recommendation 6, which provides (in part):
"Recommendation 6: Make public sector information open, accessible and reusable
6.1 By default Public Sector Information19 (PSI) should be:
- free
- based on open standards
- easily discoverable
- understandable
- machine-readable
- freely reusable and transformable.
6.2 PSI should be released as early as practicable and regularly updated to ensure its currency is maintained.
6.3 Consistent with the need for free and open re-use and adaptation, PSI released should be licensed under the Creative Commons BY standard as the default..."
The Creative Commons Australia press release – Government 2.0 Taskforce gives CC a very big tick – provides a concise summary of the Government 2.0 Taskforce's endorsement of Creative Commons licensing.