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US Open Government Sites To Close

Posted by timothy on from the spending-other-people's-money dept.

SEWilco writes "US government sites which promote open government are going to shut down soon due to not enough funding being directed at them."

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  1. But it's a good idea... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Can we donate? I'm serious.

    1. Re:But it's a good idea... by TheABomb · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Actually, so far in FY 2011, they've gotten $530,856.55.

      And the old joke is true: they all gave 55 cents.

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    2. Re:But it's a good idea... by quist · · Score: 1, Interesting

      We're now spending 3 times as much on education, adjusted, as 25 years ago, yet the results are no better. Perhaps we should put more effort into insisting on quality outputs rather than increasing inputs -- tossing more money -- into the edu operation...

    3. Re:But it's a good idea... by jdgeorge · · Score: 3, Interesting

      We're now spending 3 times as much on education, adjusted, as 25 years ago, yet the results are no better. Perhaps we should put more effort into insisting on quality outputs rather than increasing inputs -- tossing more money -- into the edu operation...

      Who is "we"? Do you mean federal, state, local government? Are you talking about pre-college education, or college/university/vocational education?

      Without any of that information, I don't understand your assertion or proposoal at all.

  2. Bitter Irony by SilverHatHacker · · Score: 4, Interesting
    From the article:

    We need at least another $4 million just to keep USASpending.gov operating this year.

    $4mil to keep a website going for one year? Think if I called them up and offered to do it for 3 they'd take it?

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  3. Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ironic. Shut down the websites that watchdog government spending due to lack of funding. I'm shocked.

  4. Who needs to fund Open Government initatives by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When sites like WikiLeaks do that for you for free?