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Summary and
Conclusions
•Emerging recognition in Europe that
open access to government information is critical to the information society,
environmental protection, and economic growth.
•Recent
trend to more “liberal” policies faces opposition from “government commercialization”
initiatives.
•“Government commercialization” cannot
succeed in the face of economic realities and evenhanded application of
competition policies.
•Open government information policies
foster significant but not easily quantifiable economic benefits to society.