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Obama mandated federal agencies to release data in machine-readable formats

Jeremy Bronfman · Jeremy Bronfman, CEO, Enigma // Data Driven NYC #17 // June 2013 · Dec 5, 2013 · at 2:21

Jeremy Bronfman, CEO of data platform Enigma, discusses government open data initiatives at Data Driven NYC in June 2013.

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“The president just came out and basically required all federal agencies to release all their data in the machine readable format.”

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The claim, plainly

President Barack Obama issued an executive order requiring all US federal agencies to release their data in a machine-readable format.

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Assessment

On May 9, 2013, then-President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13642, titled 'Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information.' Published in the Federal Register on May 14, 2013 (78 FR 28111), the executive order required US federal executive departments and agencies to make open and machine-readable formats the default state for government information resources.

President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13642 on May 9, 2013, establishing open and machine-readable formats as the default for federal government information.
Executive Order 13642 was officially published in the Federal Register on May 14, 2013 (78 FR 28111).

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"78 FR" "13642" OR "Executive Order 13642" Executive Order 13642 Obama machine readable open data "Executive Order 13642" "Federal Register" Barack Obama executive order open data machine readable Federal Register

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Disclosure

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