I think a number of questions we have had highlight something that we ought to make clear, which is that when we're talking about open data or even open government, we're not necessarily talking about sensitive stuff. I know there is a tendency to think that you're just trying to tear down the gates and reveal everybody's dirty secrets. That's not at all what's taking place here.
Yes, there is great value in transparency in government more generally, including in the way decisions are made. I think that's an important element in ensuring that we have appropriate openness. However, when we're talking about open data and open government in this context, we're talking about an awful lot of data that isn't sensitive to anybody at all, but that has real value.
Much of that value is being lost right now by virtue of the way in which we are not making it as readily available and as openly available as we otherwise might. Let's be clear: we are far behind many other countries in this regard. It's not as though we're venturing off the edge of the cliff and nobody else has done it before; many others have taken this leap and have recognized that there are huge opportunities before you ever get to the point of starting to worry about potentially embarrassing documents being released. Very much of the stuff isn't embarrassing to anyone; the embarrassment is that we are losing the real potential in value by not making it available.