[governance] [Fwd: [ACM-BULLETIN] Today's Topic: USACM's Recommendations to Transform Government for a Web 2.0 World]

[Avri Doria]

after having apologized for posting something US-centric,

two things of possible interest:
- the item itself
- the fact that they have what public policy group that might actually
be concerning itself with IG issues.

note: i have not read the full report and do not consider myself
responsible for anything they may or may not have said that may or may
not offend someone reading this message or the materials referenced
herein.

a.

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From: ACMBulletin <acmbulletin at ACM.ORG>
Subject: [ACM-BULLETIN] Today's Topic: USACM's Recommendations to
Transform Government for a Web 2.0 World
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:09:58 -0500

ACM Bulletin Service
Today's Topic: USACM's Recommendations to Transform Government for 
a Web 2.0 World
February 11, 2009

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ACM’s public policy committee, USACM, recently issued recommendations to
make the growing body of US government data more open and accessible to
all Americans. USACM issued the statement to encourage government policy
makers to use these guidelines when publishing data on the Internet.

USACM’s recommendations advise that government data should: be in
formats promoting analysis; preserve the machine-readability when
republished; be accessible to citizens with limitations and
disabilities; be downloadable; be accessible using standard queries; be
published using data formats that do not include executable content; be
digitally signed or include attestation of publication/creation date,
authenticity, and integrity.

USACM also applauded the new US Administration’s efforts to create
openness in government. “We are pleased that on day one, the new
Administration and the new Congress have made transparency a priority,”
said USACM member David Robinson, Associate Director of Princeton’s
Center for Information Technology Policy.

Read the full USACM statement.

View the ACM press release.


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