data.gov defunded???

[Glen Newton]

I am at a meeting in the US and I am hearing that just now, data.gov
has been de-funded. And it is not an April Fool's.

I could only find:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/01/campaign_to_save_us_data_gov/

-glen

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[Glen Newton]

Forbes: OMB prepares for open gov sites to go dark in May (March 31 2011)
http://blogs.forbes.com/kevinjackson/2011/03/31/omb-prepares-for-open-gov-sites-to-go-dark-in-may/

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Glen Newton <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I am at a meeting in the US and I am hearing that just now, data.gov
> has been de-funded. And it is not an April Fool's.
>
> I could only find:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/01/campaign_to_save_us_data_gov/
>
> -glen
>
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[James McKinney]

Nothing is final. There is a budget that proposes cuts. But it is not law.

The Administration opposes the bill and the President is prepared to veto it if it makes it through Senate without amendments http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislative/sap/112/saphr1h_20110215.pdf The Administration has also expressed its opinion here (see last para esp.) 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/03/17/sunshine-savings-and-service

I think much of the media has made the situation sound worse than it is. OpenCongress and PopVox are excellent tools for following the progress of this bill: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h1/show https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/112/hr1

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Glen Newton <[hidden email]> wrote:

Forbes: OMB prepares for open gov sites to go dark in May (March 31 2011)
http://blogs.forbes.com/kevinjackson/2011/03/31/omb-prepares-for-open-gov-sites-to-go-dark-in-may/

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Glen Newton <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I am at a meeting in the US and I am hearing that just now, data.gov
> has been de-funded. And it is not an April Fool's.
>
> I could only find:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/01/campaign_to_save_us_data_gov/
>
> -glen
>
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>
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