2.1 This Part uses the draft public data principles as the basis to consider progress of implementing the transparency agenda. The principles are not Government policy, but were developed by the Public Sector Transparency Board in June 2010 to highlight areas of good practice, including:
• promoting use of the Open Government Licence enabling unrestricted re-use of public data;
• use of a single government portal, www.data.gov.uk, for public data;
• encouraging data release in formats enabling easy analysis and reprocessing;
• developing data inventories so that it is clear what information is available; and
• ensuring releases are demand-led, and therefore responsive to the public.
2.2 The section also reviews areas of programme management which are crucial to securing value for money, including the Government's understanding of the costs, benefits and risks of implementing transparency.