Analysts Assess Federal Open Data Policy

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-05-15

Summary:

"Following the new Open Data Executive Order signed last week by President Barack Obama and the federal release of new Open Data Policy Guidelines, analysts have been speaking out, many of whom appear to be in favor of both the order and its new guidelines. The federal open data policy requirements state that federal agencies must use data standards and machine-readable open formats, and must build information systems to support interoperability and information accessibility, to name a few.  John Wonderlich, a policy director for the Sunlight Foundation, blogged about the new policy requirements on Thursday, May 9, writing that the requirements address one of the most challenging hurdles the federal government faces when dealing with data: the sheer amount. 'How can we reset the default to openness when there is so much data?' he wrote. 'How can we take on managing and releasing all the government’s data, or as much as possible, without negotiating over every dataset the government has?' One of the new policy’s most substantial provisions, according to the Sunlight Foundation, is the creation of a public listing of agency data based on an internal audits of information holdings ...  For Clay Johnson, co-founder and CEO of the Department of Better Technology, the policy’s emphasis on integrating its requirements into federal acquisition and grant-making processes was particularly notable. He said this piece of the policy may be indicative to adapting newer RFP practices.   'Maybe the federal government wants to create its own Open RFP Library,' Johnson said. 'Or maybe it’s foreshadowing to an IT overhaul executive order that couples itself with this?'  And although Johnson touts the new policy to be an overall success for the federal government, he hopes funding won’t become a challenge.   'I suspect that most of the things the White House is asking agencies to do can be done in individual increments for less than $150,000,' Johnson said ..."

Link:

http://www.govtech.com/policy-management/Analysts-Assess-Federal-Open-Data-Policy.html

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Tags:

oa.new oa.psi oa.policies oa.comment oa.government oa.usa oa.green oa.obama_directive oa.repositories oa.data

Date tagged:

05/15/2013, 07:31

Date published:

05/15/2013, 03:31