Lawmakers Push for Open Data in Government | TexasGOPVote

lterrat's bookmarks 2017-04-04

Summary:

"Last week, Derek Kilmer (D-WA-06), and Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Ben Sasse (R-NE), and I jointly reintroduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to open up government data to improve services and support new discoveries in the private sector.

The Open, Public, Electronic and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act requires that public data be accessible at Data.gov so individuals, organizations and other government offices can utilize it. Last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee reviewed and discussed the bill.

Taxpayers already pay for this data, so they should be able to access it easily. I expect to see many new innovative uses of this data that will provide more transparency and improve people’s lives."

Link:

http://www.texasgopvote.com/government/lawmakers-push-open-data-government-009640

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Date tagged:

04/04/2017, 16:23

Date published:

04/04/2017, 12:23