Digital Strategy
Open Data Policy
On May 9th 2013, the White House issued Executive Order 13642, "Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information," establishing open and machine readable data as the new default for Government information.
On that day, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) also issued Memorandum, M-13-13, "Open Data Policy - Managing Information as an Asset," providing agencies with specific requirements and implementation guidelines for adopting the Order.
As per this requirement, federal agencies are tasked with creating and expanding an inventory of the data sets managed within their enterprise, and to outline a schedule by which this enterprise data inventory will be expanded, enriched and opened.
Data Inventory Schedule
Task Name |
Milestone |
Status |
Summary |
Expand existing SEC Enterprise Data Inventory – Ongoing Process |
November 1, 2013 |
Complete |
Establish on-going process to capture metadata for the enterprise data inventory for each information system that is enhanced, modernized, created or retired as part of the Office of Information Technology's existing systems development lifecycle. |
Expand existing SEC Enterprise Data Inventory – Proactive Expansion |
June 30, 2014 |
In Progress |
Establish and execute on a schedule in partnership with Office of Information Technology Division Information Offices to proactively identify, review, and collect data inventory metadata for existing information systems not already included in the SEC Enterprise Data Inventory. |
Enrich existing SEC Enterprise Data Inventory |
June 30, 2014 |
In Progress |
Establish and execute on a schedule in partnership with Office of Information Technology Division Information Offices to proactively enhance existing entries by collecting additional metadata elements. |
Open existing SEC Enterprise Data Inventory |
November 1, 2014 |
In Progress |
Establish and execute on a schedule in partnership with Office of Information Technology Division Information Offices to proactively enhance existing entries by identifying additional items on the SEC Enterprise Data Inventory that can be made available via the public data inventory. |
Data Publication Process
A process to determine and document if data can be released publicly has been defined. This process involves the close coordination between business, technology, security, privacy and legal staff, and is directed and governed by existing SEC regulations and policies concerning privacy, security and the handling of sensitive and/or non-public data.
Contact Us
Give us your thoughts on how we can better
- develop our Open Data Plan
- prioritize information for publication
- improve the availability and quality of published information
You can send your feedback to opengov@sec.gov