[okfn-br] Open Data Bill in the EUA

[Carolina Rossini]

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*Sent:* Wednesday, May 25, 2016 2:40 PM




*BRIAN SCHATZ*
*United States Senator*




*For Immediate Release*May 25, 2016


*Contact: *Michael Inacay (Schatz), (202) 224-3123

James Wegmann (Sasse), (202) 224-4224


*BIPARTISAN OPEN DATA HEADS TO SENATE FLOOR*


WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee passed the OPEN Government Data Act. Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI)
and Ben Sasse (R-NE) have led the bipartisan effort to require public data
to be accessible at Data.gov
<https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SenSasse&crop=14125.5808458.5131667.7000913&redirect=https%3a%2f%2foutreach.senate.gov%2fiqextranet%2fiqClickTrk.aspx%3f%26cid%3dSenSasse%26crop%3d14018.5709645.5119205.7000913%26redirect%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fdata.gov%252f>
so
individuals, organizations, and other government offices can utilize it.
The legislation must now go before the full Senate.

*“When data is truly open and accessible, we can grow our data-driven
economy and give the public more information about how their tax dollars
are being spent,”* said Senator Schatz. *“Government should help spur
innovation, not slow it down.  This is about accountability and
transparency and making sure that we empower individuals and the private
sector by giving them the information they need.”*

*"I'm pleased that this bipartisan open data bill is heading to the Senate
floor,”* said Senator Sasse. *“In the age of Uber, data isn’t an
abstraction and Washington needs to understand that innovation moves at the
speed of information. Taxpayers are already paying for this data — let’s
ensure that it is accessible and transparent.”*

Background:

Dozens of technology businesses, industry groups, civil society
organizations, and transparency advocates have endorsed the OPEN Government
Data Act
<https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SenSasse&crop=14125.5808458.5131667.7000913&redirect=https%3a%2f%2foutreach.senate.gov%2fiqextranet%2fiqClickTrk.aspx%3f%26cid%3dSenSasse%26crop%3d13984.5801794.5130425.7000913%26redirect%3dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.gpo.gov%252ffdsys%252fpkg%252fBILLS-114s2852is%252fpdf%252fBILLS-114s2852is.pdf>
.

Supporters of the legislation include: the Sunlight Foundation, the Data
Coalition, Center for Data Innovation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Taxpayers
for Common Sense, and BSA/The Software Alliance.

Letters of support can be found here
<https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SenSasse&crop=14125.5808458.5131667.7000913&redirect=https%3a%2f%2foutreach.senate.gov%2fiqextranet%2fiqClickTrk.aspx%3f%26cid%3dSenSasse%26crop%3d13984.5801794.5130425.7000913%26redirect%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.sasse.senate.gov%252fpublic%252f_cache%252ffiles%252fa044abe0-571d-4de6-bf71-aeb8a41e5c78%252f16-05-10---schatzsasseltr.pdf>
 and here
<https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SenSasse&crop=14125.5808458.5131667.7000913&redirect=https%3a%2f%2foutreach.senate.gov%2fiqextranet%2fiqClickTrk.aspx%3f%26cid%3dSenSasse%26crop%3d13984.5801794.5130425.7000913%26redirect%3dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.scribd.com%252fdoc%252f311728610%252fOPEN-Gov-Data-Act-Support-Letter>
.

The OPEN Government Data Act would require, by default, the data included
at Data.gov
<https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SenSasse&crop=14125.5808458.5131667.7000913&redirect=https%3a%2f%2foutreach.senate.gov%2fiqextranet%2fiqClickTrk.aspx%3f%26cid%3dSenSasse%26crop%3d13984.5801794.5130425.7000913%26redirect%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fdata.gov%252f>
to
be in a machine-readable format to make it accessible to anyone and easily
searchable. It also protects privacy and national security information when
making federal government data available to the public.




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*Carolina Rossini *

*Vice President, International Policy and Strategy *
*Public Knowledge*
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