Well that’s cool, but the wording worries me: public information should be open by default to the public in a machine-readable format, where such publication d

Well that’s cool, but the wording worries me: public information should be open by default to the public in a machine-readable format, where such publication doesn’t harm privacy or security federal agencies should use evidence when they make public policy The word “should” is used in both one and two. If my time in the government taught me anything, it’s that “should” is only slightly stronger than “may”. If an instruction says “shall”, then it is required to be done.