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* [http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/nzgoal NZ Government Open Access and Licensing (NZGOAL) framework] standardises the licensing of government copyright works for re-use using Creative Commons licences and recommends the use of ‘no-known rights’ statements for non-copyright material. It is widely recognised that re-use of this material by individuals and organisations may have significant creative and economic benefit for New Zealand. Was released for public discussion on August 27, 2009 and approved by Cabinet on July 5, 2010. The framework will enable greater access to many public sector works by encouraging State Services agencies to license material for reuse on liberal terms, and recommends Creative Commons as an important tool in this process.  
 
* [http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/nzgoal NZ Government Open Access and Licensing (NZGOAL) framework] standardises the licensing of government copyright works for re-use using Creative Commons licences and recommends the use of ‘no-known rights’ statements for non-copyright material. It is widely recognised that re-use of this material by individuals and organisations may have significant creative and economic benefit for New Zealand. Was released for public discussion on August 27, 2009 and approved by Cabinet on July 5, 2010. The framework will enable greater access to many public sector works by encouraging State Services agencies to license material for reuse on liberal terms, and recommends Creative Commons as an important tool in this process.  
 
* The [http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/climate/lucas/data/land-use-mapping.html Ministry for the Environment’s Land Cover Database and the Land Environments New Zealand classification] has been released under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence] on the [http://koordinates.com/ Koordinates] website  - http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/news_and_events/news/koordinates_showcases_govt_cc_datasets
 
* The [http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/climate/lucas/data/land-use-mapping.html Ministry for the Environment’s Land Cover Database and the Land Environments New Zealand classification] has been released under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence] on the [http://koordinates.com/ Koordinates] website  - http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/news_and_events/news/koordinates_showcases_govt_cc_datasets
* Land Information New Zealand's [http://www.os2020.org.nz/ Ocean Survey 20/20 web portal] which provides New Zealand with better knowledge of its ocean territory, including New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Continental Shelf and the Ross Sea Region and are licensed as [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz CC BY] in accordance with the [http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/nzgoal NZGOAL framework].  
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* Land Information New Zealand's [http://www.os2020.org.nz/ Ocean Survey 20/20 web portal] which provides New Zealand with better knowledge of its ocean territory, including New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Continental Shelf and the Ross Sea Region is made available under un [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz CC BY licence]. [http://www.os2020.org.nz/data-and-reports/ Reports and interpretations] are available under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/nz/deed.en CC BY ND licence].  
 
*[http://www.doc.govt.nz/ The Department of Conservation] has [http://data.govt.nz/SearchPage_Controller/SearchFormAgency?AgencySearch=Department+of+Conservation&action_doCustomSearch=Go&agency=true many datasets] including [http://data.govt.nz/dataset/show/947 pest species distribution] and [http://data.govt.nz/dataset/show/1040 Director-General's expenses] licensed under Creative Commons.  
 
*[http://www.doc.govt.nz/ The Department of Conservation] has [http://data.govt.nz/SearchPage_Controller/SearchFormAgency?AgencySearch=Department+of+Conservation&action_doCustomSearch=Go&agency=true many datasets] including [http://data.govt.nz/dataset/show/947 pest species distribution] and [http://data.govt.nz/dataset/show/1040 Director-General's expenses] licensed under Creative Commons.  
 
*[http://www.dia.govt.nz/ The Department of Internal Affairs]' website "[http://data.govt.nz data.govt.nz]" which acts as a NZ government dataset directory makes content such as feedback and dataset listings available under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz CC BY licence]. Some datasets referred to on data.govt.nz have also been made available under Creative Commons licences by their [http://data.govt.nz/catalog/ respective agencies].  
 
*[http://www.dia.govt.nz/ The Department of Internal Affairs]' website "[http://data.govt.nz data.govt.nz]" which acts as a NZ government dataset directory makes content such as feedback and dataset listings available under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz CC BY licence]. Some datasets referred to on data.govt.nz have also been made available under Creative Commons licences by their [http://data.govt.nz/catalog/ respective agencies].  

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Currently this is a scratchpad for referencing known government uses of CC licensing and public domain tools (and government recommendations of same). Please add to the list and turn compelling uses into Case Studies.

Examples are needed for national/federal, state/provincial and local/city/county governments (or their equivalents) as well is inter-governmental bodies such as the European Union and United Nations.

Jurisdiction-Specific

Armenia

Australia

Australian government reports recommending CC usage

Brazil

Bulgaria

Chile

Colombia

Czech Republic

Ecuador

Georgia

Greece

Guatemala

Israel

Italy

  • http://poliziadistato.it/ The official website of the italian police, CC BY NC ND 2.5 IT
  • http://dati.piemonte.it/ The official open government data portal of the Regional Government of the Piedmont Region in Italy
    • CC BY 2.5 Italy for content of the website
    • CC0 for available databases (all to date: Oct 8, 2010)

Korea

Macedonia

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

Poland

  • Equal Program projects database - Polish Ministry of Regional Development has required materials produced in the scope of the EQUAL program, collected in a Project Database on the Ministry site, to be licensed under a Creative Commons license.
  • Polish Ministry of Economy is publishing content on its website under a CC BY SA 3.0 Poland license.

Portugal

Russian Federation

Serbia, Republic of

Spain

Taiwan

Thailand

Ukraine

United Kingdom

  • data.gov.uk, including all affiliated websites such as Ordinance Survey's maps. "aligned to be interoperable with any Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence" [1]

Venezuela

  • The "Canaima project" whichs goals is giving one laptop computer to every pupil in Venezuela (300.000 computers has been distributed so far) is preloaded with educational content (about 400 content) all of it is licensed with CC - SA - NC - 3.0

United States

Federal

State

  • New York State Senate, Senate Content, CC-BY-NC-ND with CC+ allowing non-political fundraising use of content.
  • State of Virginia, legislation that indicates a preference for state-funded materials to be released with a CC (or equivalent open) license.

Local government

Intergovernmental Organizations

European Cultural Foundation

European Union

Inter-American Development Bank

  • The Inter-American Development Bank is requiring the adoption of Creative Commons by the organizations that receive funding from the Bank in the context of the FOMIN (Fondo Multiateral de Inversiones) initiatives, particularly the ICT4BUS, a fund that promotes the adoption of e-commerce in the American continent, which has financed more that thirty initiatives in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Nicaragua and other Latin American countries. Banks require those initiative to use the GPL to license any software developed by organizations receiving support from the bank, and CC to license the documentation related with those computer programs, such as user manuals.

United Nations