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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.

  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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    Funny may not give karma, but +5 Informative never made anyone snort coffee out their nose.
  3. Who needs to fund Open Government initatives by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When sites like WikiLeaks do that for you for free?