London: 19 July 2010

The UK Advisory Panel on Public Sector information (APPSI) has published the annual report for 2009-10 titled: APPSI Annual Report 2009-10: Realising the value of public sector information (pages 34).

The announcement states:

“The Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (APPSI) today publishes its Annual Report 2009-10.

The report sets out:

• the advice that the Panel gave to government in 2009-10; and its recommendations to official consultations that are central to the re-use of public sector information (PSI) agenda, including:
  • the reform of Ordnance Survey’s new business strategy
  • the response to the consultation on the transposition of the INSPIRE Directive [2007/2EC]
  • the response to Government initiatives in information policy
  • the Department of Communities and Local Government’s consultation, Policy Options for geographic information from Ordnance Survey

• the key issues emerging from policy developments which the Panel has discussed and debated at its meetings and annual seminar

• the Panel’s role in spreading knowledge and awareness of the value of PSI

• the Panel’s plans for 2010-2011 to help progress the PSI agenda and

• the costs of operating the Panel during the financial year 2009-10.

Chair of APPSI, Professor David Rhind CBE, said:

The last year has been the most eventful and active – by far – in the saga of Public Sector Information re-use in the UK. During the year APPSI provided much advice to Government and other organisations to make PSI more freely and readily available for re-use; our advice covered both the short and the long term. The evidence is that the Panel’s proposed solutions to long-standing issues have stimulated much activity within Government and many of them have helped shape major policy changes. APPSI looks forward to continuing to use its collective expertise and knowledge to advise government on ways to extract public benefit from Public Sector Information.”

APPSI Annual Report 2009-10

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