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An Emerging
European Reform Trend?
•European Commission:
–Green paper and PIRA report
•Netherlands:
–“Towards Optimum Availability of
Public Sector Information” Electronic Government Action Programme (1999)
–Privatizes commercial arm of Met
Service, liberalizes data access
•Great Britain:
–“Review of the Knowledge Driven
Economy” http://ww.dti.gov.uk (6 Sept. 2000), adopts marginal cost pricing policy.
–New Freedom of Information Law.
–Reforms do not apply to “trading
funds” (e.g. Met Service)