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Threats to Government Data
Researchers at the Brookings Institution are monitoring the Trump administration’s management of federal government data sources. Threats to Government Data Are Threats to Democracy, by Andre Perry and Katherine Guyot, The Brookings Institution. Government Executive (February 8, 2018). Census. The Census Bureau has canceled crucial preparations for the upcoming decennial census because of persistent underfunding […]
Government Tech Agency 18F in Decline
Fedscoop reports that 18F, an office within the General Services Administration (GSA) tasked with improving how the government delivers services to the public, has less than half the employees it had 18 months ago. The rise and fall of 18F, by Daniel Castro, Fedscoop (Feb 6, 2018). Virtually all this attrition is likely voluntary and […]
The Congressional Joint Committee On Printing (JCP) Should Be Kept
[Editor’s note: Bernadine Abbott Hoduski has generously contributed the following article about the proposal to abolish the Joint Committee on Printing in the draft bill to reform Title 44 of the U.S. Code. No one is better placed to help us understand the importance of the JCP. She is a (retired) Professional Staff Member of […]
FGI’s analysis of the draft Title 44 “reform” bill
[Note: We wrote this analysis based on the text of the draft bill of December 1, 2017. Just before posting we received a new draft bill dated December 11, 2017. A quick comparison shows few significant changes between the two bills, but there are some improvements (we note one below.) We encourage you to suggest […]
Suggestions for Revisions to Chapter 5 of the Title 44 Bill
January 19, 2018 / Leave a comment
The draft bill to reform Title 44 of the U.S. Code provides some much needed improvements over the current law. It explicitly requires GPO to follow existing privacy laws and would, for the first time, legally require GPO to preserve digital government information. It also removes the provision that allows GPO to charge for online […]
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