[OpenSpending] DATA Act

Fri May 9 21:37:55 UTC 2014

Thanks everyone for your input, I`ll create a google doc and share it with
everyone before I publish the post. In the meanwhile, feel free to send
more country-level examples my way!

On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 3:56 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/)
>
> --
> Júlia Keserű
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