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President Trump Signs into Law the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking (FEBP) Act

posted by martyb on Wednesday January 16 2019, @01:04AM   Printer-friendly
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An Anonymous Coward writes:

Washington, D.C. – Today, President Trump signed into law the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking (FEBP) Act (H.R. 4174, S. 2046), which includes the Open, Public, Electronic and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act (Title II). The package passed Congress on Monday, December 31, 2018.

The OPEN Government Data Act requires all non-sensitive government data to be made available in open and machine-readable formats by default. It establishes Chief Data Officers (CDO) at federal agencies, as well as a CDO Council.

https://www.datacoalition.org/press-releases/president-signs-government-wide-open-data-bill/

exaeta writes:

OPEN Government Data Act passes.

The OPEN Government Data Act will ensure that the federal government releases valuable data sets, follows best practices in data management, and commits to making data available to the public in a non-proprietary and electronic format.

https://www.datainnovation.org/2019/01/open-government-data-act-signed-into-law-establishes-u-s-as-leader-in-open-data/

https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/15/open-government-data-act/

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @04:08AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @04:08AM (#787218)

    That may be decent advice for some situations, but not in this case. Are you saying everyone SHOULD trust proven liars? People SHOULD trust someone who is very likely a criminal?

    Please Mr. Fool, enlighten us.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by TheFool on Wednesday January 16 2019, @05:02AM (3 children)

    by TheFool (7105) on Wednesday January 16 2019, @05:02AM (#787235)

    Mr. Coward, I am simply saying that proven liars can do good things on occasion. Trusting them to do good wouldn't be too bright, but denying that they could ever do any good isn't too bright either.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @08:27AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @08:27AM (#787291)

      You are correct. Hell, even Hannibal Lecter was known for his marvelous dinner parties.

      • (Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @07:23PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @07:23PM (#787508)

        That dish with the fava beans was excellent!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @11:02AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @11:02AM (#787326)

      That's right; sometimes an evil person has to do some good to get something evil accomplished. Sometimes you just have to help that little old lady across the street, perhaps to get her out of the way to install someone to turn tricks at that corner.