Tech groups push for more open gov't data

16.04.2012

The coalition also supports other proposals, including the Public Online Information Act, a bill sponsored by Representative Steve Israel, a New York Democrat, and Senator Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat, that would require federal laws or regulations with public information requirements to be published online in machine-readable formats.

The group wants to "make some noise about data transparency," Hollister said.

The IDG News Service