and website apps and information services can be built on a datastream that is reliable. of course, the machine for searching is important. google and other crawlers need to be able to find the data and deliver it to people. the most important part is machine readability. structuring the data so that it is usable. a subsequent publication is "grading the government's information availability practices." grading the legislative process, the budget and appropriations process. the grades are generally fairly poor. there have been steps taken in the congress and in the a new lawtion -- recently passed called the data act that may well improve those great -- those grades quite a bit. in a study we are about to commence, again, regrading the availability of data, the numbers will still be fairly poor. actual data about what is going on in congress is not readily available. actual data about the budgeting is not readily available. but over the years, we have set to work at cato trying to make some of that data available. you can follow our work on these bills on twitter. cato.or