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Is major change on the way for Ordnance Survey?

By Mark Pack | Tue 25th November 2008 - 1:20 pm

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Following on from my weekend post about an example of how Ordnance Survey’s business model holds back innovative use of public data, yesterday’s Pre-Budget Report included this:

The HM Treasury/Shareholder Executive assessment of trading funds has considered the potential for innovation and growth from increasing commercial and other use of public sector information. It will shortly publish some key principles for the re-use of this information, consider how these currently apply in each of the trading funds and how they might apply in the future, and the role of the Office of Public Sector Information in ensuring that Government policy is fully reflected in practice. For the Ordnance Survey, this will involve consideration of its underlying business model. Further details will be announced in Budget 2009. (Paragraph 4.54)

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One Comment

Terry Gilbert 29th Nov '08 - 1:17pm

They do read LDV then! I wonder if they read my previous comments about cutting VAT instead of income tax….;-)

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