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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9-6 Program initiative.">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-6" heading="Program initiative.">
    <text>The Chief Data Officer shall oversee the development and adoption by the City of a program that allows the City to:</text>
    <para num="(1)">proactively release all publishable data, making it freely available in open formats, with no restrictons on use or reuse, and fully accessible to the broadest range of users for varying purposes;</para>
    <para num="(2)">publish high quality, updated data, with documentation and permanence to encourage maximal use;</para>
    <para num="(3)">continue and maintain the “Open Baltimore” Web Portal as the central location for publishable open data;</para>
    <para num="(4)">minimize limitations on the disclosure of public information, while appropriately safeguarding protected and sensitive information; and</para>
    <para num="(5)">encourage innovative uses of the City’s publishable data by agencies, the public, and other partners.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-463</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
