Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 718, S. 2852. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2852) to expand the Government's use and administration of data to facilitate transparency, effective governance, and innovation, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act'' or the ``OPEN Government Data Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings; agency defined. Sec. 3. Rule of construction. Sec. 4. Federal information policy definitions. Sec. 5. Requirement for making open and machine-readable the default for Government data. Sec. 6. Responsibilities of the Office of Electronic Government. Sec. 7. Data inventory and planning. Sec. 8. Technology portal. Sec. 9. Enhanced responsibilities for chief information officers and chief information officers council duties. Sec. 10. Evaluation of agency analytical capabilities. Sec. 11. Effective date.…”