United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4312 (113th)
Public Online Information Act of 2014
Introduced
26 March 2014
Last action
26 March 2014 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Sponsors
Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Subjects
Budget
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Public Online Information Act of 2014 - Establishes a Public Online Information Advisory Committee to: (1) coordinate and encourage the government's efforts to make information from all three branches of government available on the Internet, and (2) issue and update nonbinding guidelines on how the government should make public information available. Directs the government to make public records available on the Internet at no charge, except as imposed by federal law before this Act's enactment. Requires: (1) public records to be permanently available on the Internet; (2) current information technology capabilities to be applied to the means by which records are made available and to the formats in which they are available; and (3) each agency to publish on the Internet a comprehensive, searchable, machine processable list of all records it makes publicly available. Delineates the roles of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government, and the chief information officers of independent regulatory agencies, including granting narrow case-by-case exceptions to the Internet publication requirement if an agency requests an exception and demonstrates that: (1) there is a clear and convincing reason for the record to not be made available on the Internet, and (2) on balance the harm caused by disclosure significantly outweighs the public's interest in having the record available on the Internet. Directs the Inspector General of each agency to conduct periodic reviews regarding agency compliance with Internet publication requirements. Sets forth provisions regarding enforcement of public access by private individuals or organizations. Urges: (1) judicial and legislative agencies to adopt or adapt the Advisory Committee's recommendations, and (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) to make all of its publications permanently available on the Internet in a multiplicity of formats.
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Timeline
26 March 2014
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Source: IntroReferral
26 March 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
26 March 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
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Sponsors
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Related records
- related to ← Public Online Information Act of 2013
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4312
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4312
- us · 113-hr-4312 · source updated 12 August 2025