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Data.gov — Big News Regarding Federal Accountability and Transparency
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05/21/09 09:24 AM ET
The Obama folks are really serious about telling us how Washington operates and the role of money there.
This is a genuinely big advance in grassroots democracy.
They just launched data.gov, which will be a repository of downloadable government data on what's really going on. The deal is that you can write a Web application that reaches into that data and makes it easy for anyone to see what's happening.
(Well, by "you" I mean "nerd like me,” if I were still technical.)
The Sunlight Foundation, the real big leader in accountability and transparency, just announced Apps for America 2: The Data.gov Challenge
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I figure I should practice what I preach and have contributed a big chunk of the prize money.
Sunlight Labs director Clay Johnson just blogged more on this.
Disclosure: Since the Sunlight folks are doing so much good, I've joined their board.
This is a genuinely big advance in grassroots democracy.
They just launched data.gov, which will be a repository of downloadable government data on what's really going on. The deal is that you can write a Web application that reaches into that data and makes it easy for anyone to see what's happening.
(Well, by "you" I mean "nerd like me,” if I were still technical.)
The Sunlight Foundation, the real big leader in accountability and transparency, just announced Apps for America 2: The Data.gov Challenge
.
I figure I should practice what I preach and have contributed a big chunk of the prize money.
Sunlight Labs director Clay Johnson just blogged more on this.
Disclosure: Since the Sunlight folks are doing so much good, I've joined their board.
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