Report language in the omnibus appropriations bill signed by President Obama called for a study on the feasibility of bulk downloads (e.g. via API) of Congressional data.
Public Printer Robert C. Tapella released a letter to President Obama detailing how the Government Printing Office can support transparency initiatives. See our past posts on GPO.
Wired created an entry on its How-To Wiki, Open Up Government Data, to collect advice on the topic.
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 3/24/2009 07:22:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.