Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information

APPSI's annual report 2007 highlights:

• the marked increase across government in the level of interest and debate in the re-use of public sector information (PSI);
• the increase of public awareness of the issues surrounding re-use and recent coverage in the press;
• APPSI’s paper to Ministers in October 2007 which outlined the need for a Government strategy on the re-use of public sector information, with proposals for the short and medium term;
• APPSI’s responses to important Government studies and consultations:

            - the Office of Fair Trading Market study on the Commercial Use of Public Information
            - the Cabinet Office’s Power of Information Review

• the stepping down of the Chair, Professor Richard Susskind OBE at the end of April 2008, and the appointment of the new Chair, Professor David Rhind CBE.

APPSI's annual report 2007 (PDF - 3.12 MB)

Press Release for APPSI annual report 2007 (PDF - 131 KB)