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Securing the Future of Open Government Data in the United States: Introducing the OPEN Government Data Act

by Joshua New

Join the Center for Data Innovation and the Data Coalition for a panel discussion about the future of open government data in the United States.

Open data—data that is made freely available to use without restrictions—serves as a platform for innovation in the public and private sectors that supports $1.1 trillion in annual economic value, helps solve some of the country’s most pressing social challenges, and introduces unprecedented levels of transparency to government operations.

Congress has already taken some steps to unlock data held by the federal government with the bipartisan DATA Act, which required agencies to publish federal spending information in an open, standardized, and machine-readable format on the Internet. But lawmakers can do more to ensure that taxpayers fully reap the social and economic benefits of government data and put the United States on a path to remaining a world leader in this area for years to come.

Specifically, Congress should pass the bipartisan Open, Permanent, Electronic, and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act, a forthcoming bill that would make publishing open data an official responsibility of the federal government and codify the requirement that all government data is open by default.

Special guests Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), Representative Derek Kilmer (D-WA), and Representative Blake Farenthold (R-TX), co-sponsors of the OPEN Government Data Act, will deliver opening remarks.

Date and Time:

  • Thursday, April 14, 2016, from 9:00-10:30 AM (EDT)

Location:

  • 1101 K Street NW, Suite 610, Washington, D.C., 20005

Speakers:

  • Daniel Castro, Director, Center for Data Innovation
  • Tim Day, Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation
  • Kat Duffy, Labs Director, Sunlight Foundation
  • Hudson Hollister, Executive Director, Data Coalition
  • Joshua New, Policy Analyst, Center for Data Innovation
  • Jed Sundwall, Global Open Data Lead, Amazon Web Services

Follow @datainnovation and @datacoalition during the event, and join the conversation using #OPENGovData.

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