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Thursday, January 21, 2010
They Gave Us The Beatles, We Gave Them Data.gov
Vivek Kundra
Taking a page from our efforts here in the Obama Administration, the United Kingdom today launched data.gov.uk - a site to aggregate datasets from the UK government. It is exciting to see the seeds of openness, accountability, and transparency taking root around the world.
When we launched Data.gov here at the White House website in May 2009, we had just 47 datasets online. It was a modest start, but the growth we’ve seen has been phenomenal.Today, there are more than 168,000 datasets online, and federal agencies are poised to publish new high-value information this week as the next step in Administration’s Open Government Initiative.
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Agency Updates
Monday, August31, 2009
National Science Foundation is the first agency to accurately match 100% of major investment contracts to USAspending.gov.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
All agencies have now finished rating 100% of their major investments.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Nine agencies have now finished rating 100% of their major investments.
Note: All descriptions, dates, and costs are as reported by agencies. Major investments (Investments Evaluated) represent only a portion of the agency's entire IT portfolio reported in Exhibit 53.
