U.S. Congress - H.R.1349 Public Online Information Act of 2011
H.R.1349 - Public Online Information Act of 2011
To establish an advisory committee to issue nonbinding governmentwide guidelines on making public information available on the Internet, to require publicly available Government information held by the executive branch to be made available on the Internet, to express the sense of Congress that publicly available information held by the legislative and judicial branches should be available on the Internet, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Official: To establish an advisory committee to issue nonbinding governmentwide guidelines on making public information available on the Internet, to require publicly available Government information held by the executive branch to be made available on the Internet, to express the sense of Congress that publicly available information held by the legislative and judicial branches should be available on the Internet, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: Public Online Information Act of 2011 as introduced.
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Official Summary
4/4/2011--Introduced.Public Online Information Act of 2011 - Establishes a Public Online Information Advisory Committee to: (1) coordinate and encourage the government's efforts to make information from all three branches of government available on the Internet, and (2) issue and updaOfficial Summary
4/4/2011--Introduced.Public Online Information Act of 2011 - Establishes a Public Online Information Advisory Committee to:(1) coordinate and encourage the government's efforts to make information from all three branches of government available on the Internet, and
(2) issue and update nonbinding guidelines on how the government should make public information available. Directs the government to make public records available on the Internet at no charge, except as imposed by federal law before this Act's enactment. Requires:
(1) public records to be permanently available on the Internet;
(2) current information technology capabilities to be applied to the means by which records are made available and to the formats in which they are available; and
(3) each agency to publish on the Internet a comprehensive, searchable, machine processable list of all records it makes publicly available. Delineates the roles of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government, and the chief information officers of independent regulatory agencies, including granting narrow case-by-case exceptions to the Internet publication requirement if an agency requests an exception and demonstrates that:
(1) there is a clear and convincing reason for the record to not be made available on the Internet, and
(2) on balance the harm caused by disclosure significantly outweighs the public's interest in having the record available on the Internet. Directs the Inspector General of each agency to conduct periodic reviews regarding agency compliance with Internet publication requirements. Sets forth provisions regarding enforcement of public access by private individuals or organizations. Urges:
(1) judicial and legislative agencies to adopt or adapt the Advisory Committee's recommendations, and
(2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) to make all of its publications permanently available on the Internet in a multiplicity of formats.
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Organizations Supporting H.R.1349
- Sunlight Foundation
- Brennan Center for Justice
- Center for Democracy and Technology
- Center for Responsive Politics
- Change Congress
- Chicago Digital Access Alliance
- ...and 19 more. See all.
Organizations Opposing H.R.1349
- Professional Services Council
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