Senate moves to make more federal data machine readable -- GCN

lterrat's bookmarks 2016-12-15

Summary:

"In a show of support for open data and data standardization, the Senate last week passed the Open, Public, Electronic and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act.

The bill, introduced by Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) would require all federal agencies to make their open data machine-readable using standardized, nonproprietary formats.

The House did not act on the legislation, so it has no chance of becoming law this year.  Advocates, however, say the Senate’s unanimous passage sends a strong signal to the next Congress that the bill can move quickly through both chambers upon reintroduction in January."

Link:

https://gcn.com/articles/2016/12/13/senate-open-gov-data.aspx

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Date tagged:

12/15/2016, 14:59

Date published:

12/15/2016, 09:59