-The purpose of this guidance is to provide additional clarification and detailed requirements to assist agencies in carrying out the objectives of [Executive Order 13642] (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/09/executive-order-making-open-and-machine-readable-new-default-government) of May 9, 2013, *Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information* and [OMB Memorandum M-13-13](/policy-memo) *Open Data Policy-Managing Information as an Asset*. Specifically, this document focuses on near-term efforts agencies must take to meet the following five initial requirements of M-13-13, which are due November 1, 2013 (six months from publication of M-13-13):
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