Carl Malamud believes in the power of data. The maverick author, publisher and public domain advocate believes no one should have to pay to access the documents that make up “the operating system of our society.” In the past decade, he’s been the mastermind behind bringing the SEC’s EDGAR database online, publishing the entire Code of Federal Regulations on the Internet and creating a bulk repository of patents.
Now, Malamud is setting his sights on the law. All of it. His company, Public.Resource.Org, wants to create an Internet-based resource called Law.gov–a repository of all primary legal documents in the U.S., including case law, state and federal statutes and regulations, grants and other materials from the executive branch.
