London, 22 July 2011

(by Daniel Dietrich)

According to The Guardian Tim Kelsey, the government's recently appointed director of transparency, said:

"The consultation that government will commence in a couple of weeks will ask everyone what we want to see in the future," he said. "What I hope we want is openness as the point of principle, with any exemptions to follow."

Kelsey said the consultation would also cover the role of the Public Data Corporation, which is due to be set up by the end of this year with the brief of bringing together data from government bodies. So far it has been unclear whether it will act as a commercial operation.

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