Public access vs. open access | Congressional Data Coalition | 2014

"'Doesn’t Congress already make its information publicly accessible?' That’s the question I hear most frequently when I tell people about the Congressional Data Coalition’s mission to get Congress to provide open access to its data. “Open access” is a complicated and loaded term in the digital information world, but at its core it involves three main components: The ability to find the data. The ability to use the data. The ability to repurpose the data...."