On Monday, we posted news (via the Sunlight Foundation) that the Public Online Information Act (POIA) was reintroduced in the U.S. Congress by Rep. Steven Israel (D-NY) and Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT). The Sunlight Foundation Blog and a news release use the words “landmark” and “monumental” to describe the legislation. Direct to Monday’s INFOdocket post […]
Tracking the Public Online Information Act (POIA) Legislation Through Congress Using Govtrack.us
Filed by on April 5, 2011
"Landmark Public Online Information Act [POIA] Jointly Reintroduced In House And Senate"
Filed by on April 4, 2011
From a Sunlight Foundation Blog Post by Dan Schuman: Today Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) reintroduced the landmark Public Online Information Act. If enacted, POIA would bring the government into the 21st century by requiring the government to embrace the presumption that government-held information, already required to be public, must be […]
