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In December 2009, the Government 2.0 Taskforce released its final report, entitled, Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0 (December 2009, 136 pages). The report was released under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia Licence.
The report makes a number of important recommendations, including Recommendation 6, which provides (in part):
"Recommendation 6: Make public sector information open, accessible and reusable
6.1 By default Public Sector Information19 (PSI) should be:
6.2 PSI should be released as early as practicable and regularly updated to ensure its currency is maintained.
6.3 Consistent with the need for free and open re-use and adaptation, PSI released should be licensed under the Creative Commons BY standard as the default..."
The Creative Commons Australia press release – Government 2.0 Taskforce gives CC a very big tick – provides a concise summary of the Government 2.0 Taskforce's endorsement of Creative Commons licensing.