OPEN Government Data Act | Vibepedia

Signed into law by President Donald Trump on January 14, 2019, the OPEN Government Data Act codified the principle that federal data must be public, machine-readable, and reusable by default. Part of the broader Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act, it established Chief Data Officers in agencies and created a Federal Data Catalogue on Data.gov. This milestone built on Obama-era policies like the 2013 Open Data Memorandum, transforming transparency from aspiration to legal requirement.