3: Access

Provide no-cost access.

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One of the greatest barriers to access to ostensibly publicly-available information is the cost imposed on the public for access -- even when the cost is minimal. Most government information is collected for governmental purposes, and the existence of user fees has little to no effect on whether the government gathers the data in the first place.

Objective(s):

3.1: Fees

3.2: Open Formats

3.3: Standardization

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