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handle is hein.crs/govecsj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SCongressional * Research Service Sunshine Week: OPEN Government Data Act March 19, 2021 Sunshine Week recognizes developments in transparency in government operations, as well as the records, data, and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA; 5 U.S.C. §552) professionals involved in processing government information. Recognition of the people's right to know what their government is doing through access to government information can be traced back to the early days of the nation. Multiple statutes have established processes through which the public may access government information (e.g., FOIA, the Federal Records Act, and the Government in the Sunshine Act). The recently enacted Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government DataAct-also called the OPEN Government Data Act (Title II of the Foundations for Evidence-Based PolicymakingAct of 2018; P.L. 115-435)-seeks to change how government information is formatted, catalogued, and presented for public use and access. This Insight discusses transparency and access provisions of the OPEN Government Data Act and selected issues for Congress. Overview The OPEN Government Data Act (hereinafter, the Act) added new definitions of terms in government information policy and new duties for agencies and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to the Act's passage, statute provided the OMB director the general authority to oversee the use of information resources to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of governmental operations to serve agency missions, including burden reduction and service delivery to the public and develop, coordinate and oversee the implementation of Federal information resources management policies, principles, standards, and guidelines. The OMB director institutionally shares information resources management with the General Services Administration (GSA), the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and other agencies. The Act made key changes that affect government information and transparency policy, which include: defining and adapting certain information policy terms to also contemplate a digital environment, calling for government information to be made open by default, and requiring agencies to conduct a comprehensive data inventory and facilitating the creation of a federal data catalogue. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11637 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Membersand Committeesof Congress

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