like some other things with Obama's Presidency, data/gov projects haven't gone the way we all 'Hoped' they would when the ideals presented themselves at its start. <Sigh>
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From the article: As The Register has previously reported, Data.gov has been the subject of serious funding cuts in recent months. Its budget was dramatically reduced from $35m in 2010 to just $8m this year.
From http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/datagov_et_al_budget_sl... : Federal government transparency programs, including data resource directory Data.gov, face across-the-board budget cuts by 75% in the latest version of the federal budget to emerge from Congressional negotiations.
Congress slashed the budget, not the President.
True enough, but it was slashed in a Congressional budget that the Whitehouse agreed to.
Sunlight Foundation has extensive coverage & ways you can help: http://sunlightfoundation.com/savethedata/