IIA Releases Revised Policy Paper on Access to Government Information.

The article reports that the Information Industry Association (IIA) in the U.S. has released a revised and updated policy paper entitled "Serving Citizens in the Information Age: Access Principles for State and Local Government Information." This paper lists seven policy principles to preserve access to government-held information and detailed legal analysis. These principles include the encouragement of diversity of information sources, guaranteed public right access, access rights should be unaffected by record storage medium, assurance of equal and timely access, and prohibition of monopoly control of public information. It also suggests a policy framework for state and local governments shape the policies and procedures to guarantee citizen access to government information.