Open data grows in 2015 — but not enough - Sunlight Foundation Blog

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-12-16

Summary:

"As 2015 winds to a close, we can look back on a year of success stories and failures when it comes to transparency in government. At the start of the year, the federal government began releasing its enterprise data inventories — comprehensive indexes of the data sets it collects — to the public. The move, which came in response to a Sunlight Foundation Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, was a major victory for government transparency. By making the indexes publicly available, we’ll have a better picture of what data and information the federal government collects and maintains, and it opens the door for further investigation and analysis by Congress, journalists and citizens alike. But there’s still some information missing, particularly around data sets that are withheld from the public, and some federal agencies like Homeland Security, Justice and NASA have yet to comply. It’s important to note that sharing an agency’s enterprise data inventory won’t expose any information that should reasonably be withheld from public view. It would, however, make it easier to understand the government’s justification for the decisions it makes in determining whether to disclose or withhold certain data sets. And it would give a more comprehensive overview of what exactly these agencies have ..."

Link:

http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2015/12/14/open-data-grows-in-2015-but-not-enough/

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Date tagged:

12/16/2015, 08:35

Date published:

12/16/2015, 03:35