Senate passes Bill, Open Government Data Act

[Just AnotherPerson]

https://sunlightfoundation.com/2018/12/20/today-in-opengov-its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-coordination/



Congress passes the OPEN Government Data Act. Yesterday, the Senate passed H.R. 4174 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4174?s=4&r=61), the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017, which was previously passed by the House last month. The bill also includes the full text of the }&s=1&r=1"]OPEN Government Data Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/760?q={"search"%3A["Open+Government+Data+Act). Sunlight has supported the OPEN Government Data Act since its inception (https://sunlightfoundation.com/taxonomy/term/open-government-data-act/) and are thrilled to see this important data transparency effort on the verge of becoming law. Senator Brian Schatz, one of the bills authors, shared the good news on Twitter (https://twitter.com/brianschatz/status/1075534117964562432).




The incoming Chairman of the House Oversight Committee wants the White House to stop ignoring its requests for information. "The Democrat who’ll become chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday set a Jan. 11 deadline for the White House and executive agencies to respond to previously ignored requests for documents and information, another signal of the heightened scrutiny that President Donald Trump’s administration will face next year. Maryland Representative Elijah Cummings is flexing the new power Democrats will gain when they take control of the House on Jan. 3 to collect responses to 51 separate requests for answers that Republicans declined to enforce while they ran the panel." (Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-19/trump-white-house-faces-new-demands-for-answers-from-democrats))

[MMC]

As the Data Coalition highlighted, the text of S.760 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/760), the Open, Public, Electronic and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act (https://www.datacoalition.org/open-government-data-act/), was one of several amendments (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/115th-congress/senate-amendment/1003) to the NDAA that moved.


“For more than a year, I’ve worked with Senator Schatz to drag Washington into the 21st century when it comes to data,” said Senator Ben Sasse, in a statement. “Our OPEN Government Data Act is simple: government data should be made public unless an administration can make a compelling reason to keep it under wraps. This legislation passed the Senate last Congress and, with last night’s passage, I’m glad to carry the momentum forward.”


https://sunlightfoundation.com/2017/09/19/open-government-data-act-poised-to-pass-congress-as-part-of-ndaa/


H.R.1770 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): OPEN Government ... (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1770)https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1770
Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act or the OPEN Government Data Act This bill requires open government data assets made available by federal agencies (excluding the Government Accountability Office, the Federal Election Commission, and certain other government entities) to be published as machine-readable data.



We shall see if Elijah sees the Light when it comes to his own party, and not play games like he did with Benghazi Investigations and his assistance to all things Clinton.

[Ransom]

https://sunlightfoundation.com/2018/12/20/today-in-opengov-its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-coordination/



Congress passes the OPEN Government Data Act. Yesterday, the Senate passed H.R. 4174 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4174?s=4&r=61), the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017, which was previously passed by the House last month. The bill also includes the full text of the }&s=1&r=1"]OPEN Government Data Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/760?q={"search"%3A["Open+Government+Data+Act). Sunlight has supported the OPEN Government Data Act since its inception (https://sunlightfoundation.com/taxonomy/term/open-government-data-act/) and are thrilled to see this important data transparency effort on the verge of becoming law. Senator Brian Schatz, one of the bills authors, shared the good news on Twitter (https://twitter.com/brianschatz/status/1075534117964562432).




The incoming Chairman of the House Oversight Committee wants the White House to stop ignoring its requests for information. "The Democrat who’ll become chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday set a Jan. 11 deadline for the White House and executive agencies to respond to previously ignored requests for documents and information, another signal of the heightened scrutiny that President Donald Trump’s administration will face next year. Maryland Representative Elijah Cummings is flexing the new power Democrats will gain when they take control of the House on Jan. 3 to collect responses to 51 separate requests for answers that Republicans declined to enforce while they ran the panel." (Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-19/trump-white-house-faces-new-demands-for-answers-from-democrats))


Course the White House is going to ignore House Committees, Cummings is an idiot, he's too stupid to not ignore.

[MMC]

Course the White House is going to ignore House Committees, Cummings is an idiot, he's too stupid to not ignore.

That's the problem with the Repubs. They ignore him, rather than get in front of the cameras and put that mental check on him.

[Lummy]

Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act or the OPEN Government Data Act This bill requires open government data assets made available by federal agencies (excluding the Government Accountability Office, the Federal Election Commission, and certain other government entities) to be published as machine-readable data.
"Machine-readable data" ... Like punch cards, you mean?

[donttread]

As the Data Coalition highlighted, the text of S.760 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/760), the Open, Public, Electronic and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act (https://www.datacoalition.org/open-government-data-act/), was one of several amendments (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/115th-congress/senate-amendment/1003) to the NDAA that moved.


“For more than a year, I’ve worked with Senator Schatz to drag Washington into the 21st century when it comes to data,” said Senator Ben Sasse, in a statement. “Our OPEN Government Data Act is simple: government data should be made public unless an administration can make a compelling reason to keep it under wraps. This legislation passed the Senate last Congress and, with last night’s passage, I’m glad to carry the momentum forward.”


https://sunlightfoundation.com/2017/09/19/open-government-data-act-poised-to-pass-congress-as-part-of-ndaa/


H.R.1770 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): OPEN Government ... (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1770)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1770
Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act or the OPEN Government Data Act This bill requires open government data assets made available by federal agencies (excluding the Government Accountability Office, the Federal Election Commission, and certain other government entities) to be published as machine-readable data.



We shall see if Elijah sees the Light when it comes to his own party, and not play games like he did with Benghazi Investigations and his assistance to all things Clinton.


I like this but fear a "doublespeak clause"