[OpenSpending] DATA Act

Tue May 6 23:04:43 UTC 2014

Definitely not comparable with the DATA ACT, but a recent law passed in
Italy stated that the information contained in SIOPE [1], a government
database of public bodies payments, will be accessible to the public.
Actual implementation should be contained in a future decree issued by
the Ministry
of Economic Affairs, but the government promised that the informations will
be published in open data [2] (sorry, no English source available).

[1] : http://www.rgs.mef.gov.it/ENGLISH-VE/SIOPE1/
[2] :
http://www.funzionepubblica.gov.it/lazione-del-ministro/rivoluzione-al-governo-/riforma-della-pa-la-lettera-di-matteo-renzi-e-marianna-madia-ai-dipendenti-pubblici.aspx

On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Julia Keserű <jkeseru at sunlightfoundation.com
> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> As many of you may know, last week the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously
> passed<http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/04/28/data-act-clears-congress/>the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, or DATA
> Act <http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2061>,
> sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature.
>
> The bill would: 1) Establish government-wide financial data standards; 2)
> Require the entire federal government to comply with the new standards; and
> 3) Ensure that more and better #opendata<https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/opendata>is published online.
>
> It's something we here at Sunlight have been working on for years, and -
> while it's not perfect - we're thrilled to see Congress taking this big
> step for transparency.
>
> Is anyone aware of any other legislation outside the US that compares to
> the DATA Act? I am planning to compile a list of relevant laws.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Julia
>
> (Read more on the DATA Act from Sunlight:
> http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/tag/data-act/)
>
> --
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