Information policy ppt

Presented by:
Kabir Khan
M.Phil-LIM (LIMS-1911)
Presented to:
Prof. Dr. Fazil Khan Bloch
Chairman
Department of Library and Information Management
Superior University, Lahore
Information Policy

• Introduction
• Information policy definition
• History of Information Policy
• Information Policy Areas
• Objectives of Information Policy
• Types of Information Policy
• Information Policy Activities
• Conclusion
• References
Content

Introduction
 Information policy is the set of all public laws, regulations and policies
that encourage, discourage, or regulate the creation, use, storage,
access, and communication and dissemination of information. It thus
encompasses any other decision-making practice with society-wide
constitutive efforts that involve the flow of information and how it is
processed.

Information Policy Definition
 Information policy is a set of policies issued by an organization to
ensure that all information technology users within the domain of the
organization or its networks comply with rules and guidelines related to
the security of the information stored digitally at any point in the network
or within the organization's boundaries of authority.
 Information policy determines the kind of information
collected, created, organized, stored, accessed, disseminated and
retained. Who can use the information, whether there will be charges for
access, and the amount charged, is also covered. Usually associated with
government information, information policy also establishes the rules
within which private information providers and the media operate.

History of information policy
 The earliest sight of information policy was present around
the mid-1900s. The stages to begin evolving from an industrial society
to an information society sparked several other transformations. The
common industrial technologies were beginning to be replaced by
informational meta- technologies.
 In the 20th century, to cope with the privacy problems of
databases, information policy evolved further safeguards. In the USA,
the federal Privacy Act provides individuals the right to inspect and
correct personal information in federal data files

Information policy includes the following areas:
• Literacy
• Privatization and distribution of government Information
• Freedom of information access
• Protection of personal privacy
• Intellectual property rights
• Retention of archival copies of material
• Citizen's charter of information rights

Objectives of Information Policy
• To strengthen internal control and prevent unauthorized and improper access to
data, thereby ensuring the appropriate protection of informationassets.
• To appropriately protect the confidentiality and integrity of information assets
• To ensure that information is not revealed to unauthorized third parties during the
process of transmission or as a result of unintentional actions.
• To ensure that all information security accidents or suspected security flaws have
appropriate reporting mechanisms so that superiors are notified and these
incidents are appropriately investigated and handled.

Types of Information Policy:
The types of information policy can be separated into two different categories.
There are:-
1. Issues
2. Convergence

Cont…
 Issues:
There are some issues around organizational information polices, which are the
interaction between human beings and technology for using information, the
issue to proceed information policy itself, whether to-down or middle-up-
down, is the best way to approach information policy in an organization
 Convergence:
Convergence essentially combines all forms of media, telecommunications,
broadcasting, and computing by the use of a single technology: digital
computers. It integrates diverse technological systems in the hopes of
improving performance of similar tasks.

Security vs. freedom of information:
A persistent debate concerning the government role in information policy is the
separation of security and freedom of information. Legislation such as the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism Act of 2001 is an example of security taking precedence over civil liberties. The
USAPA affected several surveillance and privacy laws to include;
Wire Tapping which requires there be probable cause for real-time interception of voice
and data communication.
Electronic Communications Privacy Act: (1986) (ECPA) regulates government access to
email and other electronic communications.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: (1978) (FISA) authorizes the government to carry
out electronic surveillance against any person, including Americans.

Information Policy Activities
• A policy is conditioned on the political, economic, social, and cultural milieu. Policies are
value in a number of ways such as they standardize activities, facilitate.
• Decision making.
• Minimize confusion.
• Coordinate the activities of various units,
• Conserve time in training.
• It comprehends a set of basic issues which are Infrastructure development.
• Information services development.
• Utilization of new technologies.
• Manpower development and other general recommendations.

Conclusion :
Information policy is playing a greater role in the economy
leading to the production of goods and services, as well as selling them
directly to consumers . The cost of information varies from a tangible
good in that initial costs of the first unit are large and fixed; however,
after that, marginal costs are relatively low . As an increase from the
information services, information can be paralleled to that of
manufacturing several years ago .

References
 Braman, S. (2011). Defining information policy. Journal of information policy, 1, 1-5.
 Braman, S. (2009). Change of state: Information, policy, and power. Mit Press.
 Heron, P., & Dugan, R. E. (1997). Information Policy--Distance Education: Provider and
Victim Libraries. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 23(4), 315-18.
 Jaeger, P. T., McClure, C. R., Bertot, J. C., & Snead, J. T. (2004). The USA PATRIOT Act, the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and information policy research in libraries: Issues,
impacts, and questions for libraries and researchers. The Library Quarterly, 74(2), 99-121.
 Lippincott, J. K. (2005). Net generation students and libraries. Educause Review, 40(2), 56-
66.
 McClure, C. R. (1996). Libraries and Federal Information Policy. Journal of Academic
Librarianship, 22(3), 214-18.
 Jaeger, P. T., Bertot, J. C., McClure, C. R., & Langa, L. A. (2006). The policy implications of
Internet connectivity in public libraries. Government Information Quarterly, 23(1), 123-141.
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