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Tuesday, 16th March 2010

Legal Information Institute: Sunlight Foundation Proposes Public Online Information Act (POIA)

NOTE To Keep Current With POIA News and Resources Visit www.thepoia.org.

From the Blog Post:

The Sunlight Foundation, and its Policy Counsel Daniel Schuman, today announced the introduction of POIA — the Public Online Information Act. The Act is proposed Federal legislation that would require government to provide meaningful access to its information online. In the words of its organizational sign-on letter:

The Public Online Information Act requires government information that is public to be made available in the broadest, most accessible manner — online. Our vital public information can enhance accountability, spur commerce, and empower citizenship, but only if we create and require meaningful digital access to it. POIA creates this meaningful access through two mechanisms.

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We think this is important legislation and that everyone who is concerned with public legal information should support it. It will go a long way toward untangling difficult issues and dealing with the uneven and often behind-the-times implementation of government information policy, in a way that is both measured and responsible.

Source: LII Announce

See Also: To Keep Current With POIA News and Resources Visit www.thepoia.org.

See Also: Introducing POIA (via Sunlight Labs Blog)

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