Federal Data Resources In Jeopardy

As the Federal government struggles to vote on a budget that affects many programs for children, we note some valuable data resources that may be in jeopardy.

According to the Sunlight Foundation, Federal data transparency tools such as data.gov, usaspending.gov, and the IT Dashboard are at risk of having most of their budgets cut. The cuts are so drastic that they might mean the elimination of these programs altogether.

Websites such as these have been used by journalists to shed light on government spending, and offer context to health issues.

Here at kidsdata.org, we value these trusted public data sources and hope they can be retained. On its website, the Sunlight Foundation offers may ways you can voice your opinion on these proposed cuts.

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  1. kidsdata.org says:
    April 14, 2011 at 9:57 am

    This TechCrunch post asks 5 Questions of Data.gov: http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/13/fiv-questions-data-gov-savethedata/

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  2. kidsdata.org says:
    April 11, 2011 at 9:35 am

    Read a blog post from the Sunlight Foundation on this topic: http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2011/04/05/have-we-saved-the-data-maybe/

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