California Department of Technology – Technology Letter
The California Department of Technology (CDT) released Technology Letter (TL) 19-01 (opens in a new tab) announcing the Open Data Policy. This policy helps State Government take full advantage of its information resources by promoting more accessible, discoverable, and usable data to propel innovation, improve the delivery of public services and empower the people of California while protecting privacy. As a result of this policy, new State Administrative Manual (SAM) Sections 5160 (opens in a new tab), 5160.1 (opens in a new tab), and 5160.2 (opens in a new tab) provide policy information and applicable exceptions and SAM Section 4819.2 (opens in a new tab) has been revised to include new definitions. Additionally, this policy establishes the California Open Data Handbook which provides guidelines to identify, review, prioritize and prepare publishable data for access by the public and government entities via an open data portal or open data site. TL 19-01 (opens in a new tab) is available on CDT’s website located at: https://cdt.ca.gov/technology-letters/ (opens in a new tab).
Questions regarding this TL should be directed to the California Department of Technology, Office of Government Affairs at ITPolicy@state.ca.gov.