On May 9th, federal agencies will officially begin reporting data in compliance with the open standards created under the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, the landmark legislation that cleared Congress in 2014.
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A breakdown of how and where data comes up in legislation in the 115th Congress, including a partial list of bills Sunlight supports.
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The Preserving Data in Government Act speaks to a matter of of heightened public interest in the spring 2017, as open government data has been removed from the Internet during the Trump administration. We hope Congress passes it.
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Over the past two months, Sunlight has been quietly tracking whether open government data has been removed from the Internet... View Article
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International Open Data Day is on March 4th -- and you're invited! Please join us in DC at the OpenGovHub on Saturday.
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Today, the Sunlight Foundation is publishing a new white paper that lays out ten principles for responsible municipal data management... View Article
Continue readingOn January 6, 2017, President Barack Obama quietly signed a bill that codified the role of the chief technology officer... View Article
Continue readingEarlier this month, the Department of Defense launched a new open government data platform, data.mil. Above, you can see a... View Article
Continue readingToday, the Sunlight Foundation commented on a “release to one, release to all” policy for the Freedom of Information Act... View Article
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The next White House will have an extraordinary opportunity to close the gap between open data and FOIA when it deploys a new portal in 2017. Here's what will make the next FOIA.gov more effective and useful for the American people.
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