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McMahon Parton: Government Data Should Be Available to Everyone. Some States Are Showing the Way.

McMahon Parton: Government Data Should Be Available to Everyone. Some States Are Showing the Way.

If everyone is responsible for ensuring that people have access to data, no one is responsible. And right now, many states have in place insufficient policies and practices to make robust access possible.

In this op-ed for Governing, DQC Vice President of State Policy and Advocacy Brennan McMahon Parton discusses emerging data governance trends in states and why state leaders must continue to enact these policies.