Governments worldwide are starting to crack open their data vaults and let users rummage inside.

PSI might sound like a letter in the Greek alphabet but it's an acronym for Public Sector Information - fast becoming a buzzword in the open data arena. On cue, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is holding an information policy conference, on 15 November 2011, at the National Convention Centre, Canberra.

The main theme of the day will be Public Sector Information: A National Resource.

Attendees can:

Finding out what government is up to, or trying to get problems resolved by big bureaucracies, can be hard in these days of mammoth departments.