Feds want state, local governments to follow open government directive

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra and Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra unveiled the long-awaited Open Government Directive during a live video chat on Whitehouse.gov. Chopra said the OMB "highly encourages" state and local governments to follow suit with similar transparency directives. "One of the things that we were so proud of when Vivek launched Data.gov was how many state and local governments replicated the model," Chopra said.

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