[OpenSpending] DATA Act

Wed May 7 07:44:47 UTC 2014

Hi Julia: very interesting and promising! Here in Argentina we still dont have a Foia Law .

If you compile more acts like this from other countries please keep us posted or at least tell me off-list.

I´m VERY interested in following up this initiatives, we never loose hope.

best!
Momi

Angelica Peralta Ramos
LA NACION DATA Project Manager
LA NACION
Buenos Aires, Argentina
www.lanacion.com.ar<http://www.lanacion.com.ar/>
@momiperalta

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De: openspending [openspending-bounces at lists.okfn.org] En nombre de Julia Keserű [jkeseru at sunlightfoundation.com]
Enviado el: martes, 06 de mayo de 2014 04:56 p.m.
Para: sunlight-international at googlegroups.com; open-government at lists.okfn.org; openspending at lists.okfn.org
Asunto: [OpenSpending] DATA Act

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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