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Government Tech Innovation Would Come to a Screeching Halt Under New Budget Proposals

Funding for projects like Data.gov and mobile apps for agencies is in danger of being almost fully slashed.READ»

Obama's Data.gov Relaunch: Twitter-Tracked Airport Security Lines, County-by-County Health, and More

Wired got a look at the totally redesigned Data.gov, one of President Obama's keynote first-term promises that frankly hasn't seen enough use or praise. The new version could change that.READ»

U.K. vs. U.S. Government Data Web Sites: The Old World Wins

Governments are getting the hang of Web 2.0 a few years after the rest of us, and both the U.S. and U.K. authorities have just launched their own Data.gov Web sites in an effort to increase transparency. But in a studied comparison of the two efforts, the U.K.'s wins. READ»

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DataSF Allows San Francisco City Data to Be Mined, Mashed-Up

This past June, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom announced that city data from the SFEnvironment website would be used in an iPhone app to help residents find recycling drop-off points. Now the mayor (and future California ...READ»