Topic > Information Policy - 1156

Policy refers to those government plans, positions and guidelines that influence government decisions, for example policies to support sustainable economic development or policies to improve access to services government by people with disabilities. There are various types and forms of politics. The various types of policy include: a broad policy that sets out a direction at the government level; a more specific policy that can be developed for a particular sector or problem area; operational policy that can guide program decisions and project selection. As for the forms that government policy can take, it is most typically reflected in legislation, regulations and programs. According to Weingarten (1989) state that information policy is “the set of all laws, regulations and public policies that encourage, discourage or regulate the creation, use, storage and communication of information”. Proves that politics can influence other elements and these elements can also influence the development of politics. Building on Weingarten's definition reveals that information politics can be found in any field as long as it is related to the laws and regulation of the use of information. information, storage, and communication. While in Jaeger's (2007) article entitled Information Policy, Access to Information, and Democratic Participation: The National and International Implications of the Bush Administration's Information Policy, information policy is has been defined as the combination of laws, regulations, rules and guidelines that guide the creation, management and use of information that greatly shape the roles of information in society. Information policy encompasses a range of issues related to freedom of information, privacy, secrecy, security, and... at the heart of the paper... public order. A change in policy on information exchange on the Internet has effects that go far beyond simple information policy, raising issues of technology, governance, trade and education, among others. Because information policy establishes many of the practical parameters of the information society, the study of information policy has become essential to understanding the general roles of information in contemporary society. The author also suggested that further studies on information policy should be adapted and explored to better understand the link between information policy and access to information. This is because the purpose and objective of the individual, organization, nation and the world towards the use and access of information are the major influences in reshaping information policy in the nation, in reshaping the behavior of society towards information seeking.