Study on Re-use of Public Sector Information in E-government

The public sector information is of great value, and ought to be fully exploited. The re-use of public sector information is an important model for exploitation in E-government. The paper firstly analyzed some theoretical issues regarding the re-use of public sector information and measured the economic value of the public sector information. Then it discussed from a comparative perspective the different models of re-use of public sector information between the European Union countries and the United States and tried to point out how the re-use of public sector information influenced the growth and future development of the public sector information market. At last, several practical challenges and ways in which they could be overcome were given. The results provide practical guidance to the establishment of the re-use of public sector information which can be used for reference by China.