C18427 IGPA Open Data Policy Spotlight PROOF V4.pdf (6.15 MB)
What Happened to Illinois' Open Data Movement?
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posted on 2023-09-13, 15:50 authored by Francis Choi, Alea Wilbur-MujtabaUnder Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois passed the Open Operating Standards Act (Public Act 98-627) which established policy for the state government's open data portal. Effective in 2014, the act states: "Public data sets that are made available on the Internet by agencies shall be accessible through a single web portal that is linked to data.illinois.gov or any successor website."1 Illinois thereby formally prioritized open data as a state policy.