1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i 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) profe
2、ssionals involved in processing government information. Recognition of the peoples 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 acces
3、s 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 Data Actalso called the OPEN Government Data Act (Title II of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018; P
4、.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, th
