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It commences with a brief overview of the history and contemporary context of national information policy before moving to an analysis of three fundamental concepts in information policy: (i) information, (ii) policy and (iii) information policy. The paper concludes that there is a significant lack of clarity in the information policy field regarding the meaning of these concepts. There are, however, frameworks in information studies and public policy studies which can be brought together to provide input for development of an intellectually rigorous field of information policy. Some of these frameworks and how they might be applied to information policy are described. 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