France integrates PSI publication and distribution
The French La Direction de l’information légale et administrative (DILA) has published a press release announcing that as of the 1st January 2010 all the assets related to the distribution and publication of public administrative information have been brought together under one authority – the DILA.
The press release states:
Paris – le 13 janvier 2010 – Le décret n° 2010-31 créant la Direction de l’information légale et administrative (DILA) est paru au Journal officiel le 12 janvier 2010. Cette création, issue de la fusion des directions des Journaux officiels et de la Documentation française, a été conduite dans le cadre de la Révision générale des politiques publiques (RGPP) au sein des services du Premier ministre.
La Direction de l’information légale et administrative assure quatre missions principales :
- la diffusion des données dont la publication est obligatoire, par la publication au Journal officiel de la République française et dans les bulletins d’annonces légales ;
- la conception et le fonctionnement de services d’information qui permettent aux citoyens de connaître leurs droits et obligations et facilitent leurs démarches ;
- la facilitation de l’accès des citoyens à la vie publique et au débat public, par l’édition et la diffusion de publications sous la marque éditoriale de la Documentation française et par la mise à disposition de documents et d’espaces de diffusion sur internet ;
- la préparation de la politique interministérielle dans le domaine de la diffusion légale, de l’information administrative et de l’édition publique.
Lors du Conseil des ministres du 13 janvier, M. Xavier Patier a été nommé "directeur de l’information légale et administrative au secrétariat général du Gouvernement".
« La DILA garantira la traçabilité, la qualité et la fiabilité des informations, normatives ou non, qu’elle diffusera » (Xavier Patier).
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The press release (approximate English translation) states:
“Paris - January 13, 2010 - Decree No. 2010-31 creating the Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (DILA) is published in the Official Journal January 12, 2010. The creation by the merger of the Department of Official Newspapers and French Literature, was conducted under the General Review of Public Policy (RGPP) within the Prime Minister. The Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information performs four main tasks:
- Dissemination of information whose publication is required by the gazettal of the French Republic and the ballots of legal notices;
- Design and operation of information services that allow citizens to know their rights and obligations and facilitate their efforts;
- Facilitating the access of citizens in public life and public debate by publishing and distributing publications under the brand owner of the French Literature and the provision of documents and space distribution on Internet;
- The preparation of the interdepartmental policy in the field of legal dissemination of government information and publishing service.
At the Council of Ministers of January 13, Xavier Pati has been named director of legal and administrative information to the General Secretariat of Government. " "The DILA ensure traceability, quality and reliability of information, normative or not, it will broadcast" (Xavier Patier).”
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The DILA statement (translated from the French language original) on the re-use of the public sector information held by DILA states:
“Reuse of public information 1) The initial scheme for data broadcast on legal Légifrance for economic information and financial information Decree n ° 2002-1064 of August 7th, 2002 established the public service broadcasting law by the Internet which is characterized by free access to legal data. Section 4 of this Decree establishes the system of licenses for the reuse of data held by the State. Licenses are granted free of charge by the DILA authority to operate the site Légifrance. The obligations of licensees are on the reliability of data they wish to repost: no alteration, no distortion of the data, provided the source and date of update. The type of license agreement provides for the provision of content in XML format. The recipient bears the cost of the provision of data, which is set annually by an order of the Prime Minister. Furthermore, the DILA offers outside Légifrance, licenses on the economic and financial information (eg BODACC, BOAMP), or licenses on parliamentary information (questions Senate and National Assembly) whose cost is determined by even stopped. 2) Gradual introduction of a new Directive 2003/98/EC of 17 November 2003 on the reuse of public sector information has a particular aim to "enable European companies to exploit the potential [of] information [public sector] and contribute to economic growth and job creation. " The transposition of this text has created a new legal framework which essentially consists of:
- Recognition of a right to re-use of public information for anyone who requests it. The result is the obligation of governments to respond to requests for reuse, except in specific cases or for specific types of reuse where the law provides otherwise.
- The provision of public information, for consideration, to allow the reuse is subject to a license type.
The Agency Intangible Heritage of the State (FIPA), whose mission is to promote the recovery of intangible heritage of the State, has developed models for licensing model reuse of public information to promote the implementation of Law No. 78-753 of July 17, 1978. It assists governments wishing to place an offer license pricing complies with the law. This new scheme will be implemented for all public information reusable, produced or operated by the DILA, by the end of the first half of 2010, during which the licensing and pricing them together, will be redeveloped. 3) Increasing the supply of reuse During this same period, the supply of DILA be extended to content sites www.service-public.fr, www.vi-publique.fr, and www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr www.formationpublique.fr. This content will be reusable as provided by statute and in accordance with the recommendations of the FIPA: prior signature of a license, provision of data as files and documented in accordance with current standards (XML and CSV l this case).”
The re-use of public sector information pages also provides links to:
- Act No. 78-753 of July 17, 1978 on various measures to improve relations between the administration and the public and various administrative arrangements, social and fiscal, amended by Ordinance No. 2005-650 of June 6, 2005 on freedom of access to administrative documents and the reuse of public information (transposing Directive)
- Directive 2003/98/EC of 17 November 2003 on the reuse of public sector information.
- Decree n ° 2005-1755 of 30 December 2005 on freedom of access to administrative documents and the reuse of public information.”
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