Did you know the U.S. Constitution makes no specific allowance for any one of the three branches of government (executive, legislative and judicial) to have access to information held by the others? A Congressional Research Service report, Access to Government Information in the United States, offers an overview of four information access laws and provides citations to additional resources related to these tools.
The July issue of Web Alert has been posted on our website. Compiled by the United States Reference Service, Web Alert is an annotated list of resources freely available through the internet.
Created as part of the President’s commitment to open government and democratizing information, Data.gov provides access to economic, healthcare, environmental, and other government information on a single website. Although currently only a limited portion of the rich variety of federal datasets is available, the public is invited to actively participate in shaping the future of this resource by suggesting additional datasets and site enhancements to provide seamless access and use of federal data.
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