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posted by martyb on Wednesday January 16 2019, @01:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the Information-wants-to-be-free dept.

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/

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: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @07:11AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @07:11AM (#787273)

    Wasn't that democratic tribe code for "anti-Trump"?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @08:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @08:11PM (#787533)

    You realize that was the description of the legislation Trump signed right? Your post doesn't even make sense oh Lord of Edginess.

  • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday January 16 2019, @09:12PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Wednesday January 16 2019, @09:12PM (#787569) Journal

    No, reality code for "anti-Trump".

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday January 16 2019, @10:35PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday January 16 2019, @10:35PM (#787623) Journal

    Wasn't that democratic tribe code for "anti-Trump"?

    No, our code for that is "Sane."