OPEN Government Data Act
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The OPEN Government Data Act is a U.S. law that requires federal agencies to manage their information as open, machine-readable data by default to promote transparency, accessibility, and reuse.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OPEN Government Data Act canonical | 2 |
| Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act | 1 |
| Title II – Open Government Data Act | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3102206 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OPEN Government Data Act Context triple: [Office of the Chief Data Officer of GSA, compliesWith, OPEN Government Data Act]
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A.
OPEN Government Act of 2007
The OPEN Government Act of 2007 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and modernized the Freedom of Information Act by improving transparency, clarifying response deadlines, and enhancing the rights and remedies available to requesters.
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B.
Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act is a U.S. law that grants the public the right to access records from federal government agencies, promoting transparency and accountability.
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C.
open data movement
The open data movement is a global initiative advocating that data—especially from governments and public institutions—be freely available, accessible, and reusable by anyone to promote transparency, innovation, and civic engagement.
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D.
Open Data Index
Open Data Index is a global initiative that evaluates and ranks the openness and accessibility of government data across countries.
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E.
Government in the Sunshine Act
The Government in the Sunshine Act is a U.S. federal law that requires meetings of certain government agencies to be open and accessible to the public, promoting transparency and accountability in administrative decision-making.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OPEN Government Data Act Target entity description: The OPEN Government Data Act is a U.S. law that requires federal agencies to manage their information as open, machine-readable data by default to promote transparency, accessibility, and reuse.
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A.
OPEN Government Act of 2007
The OPEN Government Act of 2007 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and modernized the Freedom of Information Act by improving transparency, clarifying response deadlines, and enhancing the rights and remedies available to requesters.
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B.
Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act is a U.S. law that grants the public the right to access records from federal government agencies, promoting transparency and accountability.
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C.
open data movement
The open data movement is a global initiative advocating that data—especially from governments and public institutions—be freely available, accessible, and reusable by anyone to promote transparency, innovation, and civic engagement.
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D.
Open Data Index
Open Data Index is a global initiative that evaluates and ranks the openness and accessibility of government data across countries.
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E.
Government in the Sunshine Act
The Government in the Sunshine Act is a U.S. federal law that requires meetings of certain government agencies to be open and accessible to the public, promoting transparency and accountability in administrative decision-making.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
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open data law ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
improve data management practices in federal agencies
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promote government transparency ⓘ promote public accessibility of government data ⓘ promote reuse of government data ⓘ support evidence-based policymaking ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
United States executive branch agencies
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linked to:
U.S. federal agencies
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| codifiedIn |
44 U.S. Code
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linked to:
Title 44 of the United States Code
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| defines |
machine-readable data
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metadata for government data assets ⓘ open government data asset ⓘ |
| enactmentDate | 2019-01-14 ⓘ |
| establishesRole |
Chief Data Officer Council
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linked to:
federal chief data officer community
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| exempts |
classified information
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information restricted by privacy laws ⓘ information restricted by security considerations ⓘ |
| fullName |
Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act
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linked to:
OPEN Government Data Act
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| jurisdiction |
United States federal government
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linked to:
United States government
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| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| mandates |
consultation with the public on data priorities
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publication of agency data inventories on a public website ⓘ use of open licenses for public data where practicable ⓘ use of standardized data formats where practicable ⓘ |
| partOf | Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 ⓘ |
| policyArea |
data governance
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information policy ⓘ open government ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
E-Government Act of 2002
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Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 ⓘ Freedom of Information Act ⓘ |
| requires |
Chief Data Officers to coordinate data governance
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linked to:
federal chief data officer community
federal agencies to create and maintain comprehensive data inventories ⓘ federal agencies to designate a Chief Data Officer ⓘ federal agencies to develop and maintain a data governance body ⓘ federal agencies to develop open data plans ⓘ federal agencies to make non-sensitive data available to the public ⓘ federal agencies to manage data as an open government data asset by default ⓘ federal agencies to publish information as open, machine-readable data ⓘ federal agencies to use open and machine-readable data formats ⓘ |
| shortName | OPEN Government Data Act ⓘ |
| signedBy | Donald Trump ⓘ |
| signingDate | 2019-01-14 ⓘ |
| subject |
federal data management
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government transparency ⓘ open data ⓘ |
| titleWithinParentAct | Title II of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: OPEN Government Data Act Description of subject: The OPEN Government Data Act is a U.S. law that requires federal agencies to manage their information as open, machine-readable data by default to promote transparency, accessibility, and reuse.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018
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component
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Title II – Open Government Data Act
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linked to: OPEN Government Data Act
linked to: OPEN Government Data Act