OPSI

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OPSI is a former UK government body responsible for overseeing the re-use and licensing of public sector information and maintaining official publications.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former government body
government agency
abbreviation OPSI self-link
areaServed United Kingdom
category Defunct public bodies of the United Kingdom
Government agencies of the United Kingdom
Information rights organisations
country United Kingdom
fullName Office of Public Sector Information
function issuing licences for re-use of government information
maintaining the UK legislation website (before transfer within The National Archives)
promoting wider re-use of public sector information
jurisdiction UK government
surface form: United Kingdom government
legalBasis Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information
Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005
locationCountry United Kingdom
mergedInto The National Archives
surface form: The National Archives (United Kingdom)
oversightOf Crown copyright licensing
open government licence (United Kingdom)
surface form: Open Government Licence (UK)
parentOrganization The National Archives
surface form: The National Archives (United Kingdom)
partOf Historical Section of the Cabinet Office
surface form: UK Cabinet Office (historically, before integration with The National Archives)
predecessor His Majesty's Stationery Office
surface form: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
relatedTo Crown copyright
Open data in the United Kingdom
information licensing
responsibility Crown copyright
surface form: Crown copyright policy

licensing of public sector information
maintaining official publications
oversight of re-use of public sector information
public sector information policy
sector public sector information
status defunct
subjectOf Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005
surface form: UK public sector information re-use framework
supervisedBy Minister for the Cabinet Office
typeOfAgency information policy body
websiteLanguage English

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