7: Judicial Other Information:
The breakout group focusing on open data in the justice system identified several much-needed overhauls. One of these suggestions
was to use Congressional funding to open up the PACER system from a "walled garden" to allow citizens to download data in
bulk for free. They called on the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts to create and enforce standard data and metadata formats
for judicial opinions within the federal court system. And although it seems a bit absurd to have to advocate for this --
the final, official versions of the law must be open to the public. There is no reason, our participants said, for government
to create and enforce barriers (such as federal copyrights) to public domain law.
Stakeholder(s):
- Ed Walters: Group 7 Discussion Leader: Ed Walters, FastCase
Objective(s):
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