Congress Approves Act that Opens US Government Data To the Public; Requires Federal Agencies To Publish 'Non-Sensitive' Info in 'Machine-Readable' Format (engadget.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday December 24, 2018 @07:00AM from the in-the-interest-of-public dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Congress has passed a bill that could make it easier for you to access public data released by the government. The House approved the OPEN Government Data Act on Saturday, while all eyes were on the shutdown, as part of a larger bill to support evidence-based policymaking. It requires that federal agencies must publish any "non-sensitive" info in a "machine-readable" format (essentially in a way that's legible on your smartphone or laptop). The act also insists that agencies appoint a chief data officer to oversee all open data efforts. Having passed the Senate last Wednesday, the bill is next headed to the President's desk.

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Re: Shocking! by Anonymous Coward · 2018-12-24 07:10 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It was you, wasnt it? You power bottom, you!
Surely a joke by Anonymous Coward · 2018-12-24 07:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

You expect your 'Fake news is in truth any inconvenient truth' President to pass this?
I hope someone explains to him what "evidence-based policy" is. He deserves to know why all those Pinocchios keep happening.
Next there's the senators with their great sky god and their way-out-of-date popular theology...