Proposal to phase out the OPSI brand and The Office of Public Sector Information

Dear Sir or Madam,

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I request the following
information regarding the Office of Fair Trading and involvement in
The National Archives proposal to phase out The Office of Public
Sector Information and or the OPSI brand, the impact that the
proposed actions will have on the UK’s policy and implementation
with respect to the re-use of public sector information (Statutory
Instrument 2005 No. 1515 – the UK transposition of the EU Directive
2003/98/EC) and (The Memorandum of understanding between the Office
of Fair Trading and the Office of Public Sector Information dated
28 July 2005, OFT Director, Competition Enforcement)

The information requested to cover the period from the 1 July 2009
up to the time this request is answered.

Specifically, I need in relation to the phasing out of the OPSI
brand and or The Office of Public Sector Information the following
information:

1. A list of written documents (including emails) received by the
Office of Fair Trading from The National Archives – the list to
include date, origin of the document, position of the submitter
(that is Job Title), to whom the document was addressed (that is
Job Title), the subject line of the document.

2. A list of written documents (including emails) sent by the
Office of Fair Trading to the National Archives – the list to
include date, position of the author, the position of the person(s)
to whom the document was addressed in The National Archives, the
subject line of the document.

3. A list of meetings held between one or more of the Directors of
The National Archives and the Office of Fair Trading. List to
include: date, place and position of the people involved in the
meeting.

4. A list of planned (schedule meetings) between one or more of the
Directors of The National Archives and the Office of Fair Trading
that will have on the agenda one or more of the following topics:
the OPSI brand; the Office of Public Sector Information; the
complaint handling procedures as outlined in the Statutory
Information 2005 SI 1515; the Memorandum of Understanding between
the Office of Fair Trading and the Office of Public Sector
Information; Competition enforcement with respect to the re-use of
public sector information; the regulation of The National Archives
activities with respect to the re-use of public sector information.

I would prefer to receive the information electronically.

If the decision is made to withhold some of this information using
exemptions in the Act, I would be grateful if you would please
inform me and cite the exemptions used.

If you need any clarification then please contact me via email.

Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would
expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in
any way.

I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Regards

Christopher Corbin

Dear Mary Linacre,

Thank you for your prompt acknowledgement - appreciated.

I look forward in due course to receiving the information
requested.

Yours sincerely,

Christopher Corbin