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What are the exceptions to the Freedom of Information Act?
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-Executive Order to be of National Defense or Foreign Policy
-Internal personnel rules and practices of an agency -Exempt from disclosure by a statute -Trade secrets and commercial or financial information -Inter‐office or ‐agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law -Geological and geophysical information and data, including maps, concerning wells -Records compiled for law enforcement |
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What does the Paperwork Reduction Act require agencies to do?
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-provide timely and equitable access to public information
-encourage a diversity of information sources (both private and public) -obtain public input when changing dissemination systems or activities -in general prohibits exclusive and restrictive policies with respect to the release of public information |
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Why was the Open Data Consortium chartered?
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Open Data Consortium (ODC) was chartered to derive a model
policy for distributing governmental geospatial data |
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What were the findings of the Open Data Consortium Study?
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– selling public data results in insignificant/negative revenue
– better ways of raising funds to support GIS operations – value of geospatial data is realized through its usage |
