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Victorian Government 2.0 Action Plan
IEEE e-Science 2010 Conference
Internet Governance Forum 2010 - Workshop 120
New book Access to PSI: Law, Technology and Policy launched
New book chapter by auPSI team published
Professor Anne Fitzgerald speaks at CC Asia Pacific Conference 2010, Korea
Professor Anne Fitzgerald to speak at DMO Forum 2010
Draft Creative Commons and Government Guide now available online
Gov 2.0 Expo 2010
NZGOAL now entering Cabinet deliberation
Government releases response to Government 2.0 Taskforce report
Professor Anne Fitzgerald speaks at National Library of Australia
World Bank launches Open Data Initiative
U.S. Whitehouse announces Open Government Plans
Professor Anne Fitzgerald to speak at VALA Meeting 2010 on Creative Commons
UK Government launches data.gov.uk
Professor Anne Fitzgerald speaks at LINUX 2010: Open and the Public Sector Mini Conference
Enabling open access to public sector information with Creative Commons Licences: the Australian experience - now available online
Government 2.0 Taskforce releases Final Report
Project report to Government 2.0 Taskforce on copyright law now available
Realising Our Broadband Future - Brisbane Consultation Forum
Compiled Literature Review now available in hard copy
Spatially Enabled Government Summit 2009 presentations now available
NSS releases A Good Practice Guide to Sharing Your Data With Others
Australian Government releases Digital Economy: Future Directions paper
Report on the Inquiry into Improving Access to Victorian PSI released
Brian Fitzgerald appointed to Government 2.0 Taskforce
Prof Anne Fitzgerald and Prof Brian Fitzgerald to speak at Spatially Enabled Government Summit 2009
National Research Infrastructure Committee Announced
The Hon. Lindsay Tanner and Senator Kate Lundy speak at the CeBET Australia conference 2009
Australian Government establishes Office of Information Commissioner
Information Awareness Month launched
The Guardian's Open Platform launched
Appointment of Vivek Kundra as CIO in Obama Administration
International Chapter of Literature Review now available
Google denied access to Victorian fire data
ABS releases data under CC licence
National Information Strategy Seminar - Canberra
* auPSI Team advises Federal Government
CRC-SI Conference 2008

Team advises Federal Government Departments on Open Access

On 23 and 24 October 2008, Professor Anne Fitzgerald and other auPSI team members attended two conferences to advise federal government departments on the benefits of adopting an open access policy and in particular, on the use of Creative Commons licences.

At these conferences over the two days, the following federal government departments were represented: Attorney-General’s Department, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR), IP Australia, Geoscience Australia and the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).