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Bill would require public information to be online-> 0

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on Monday March 22 2010, @10:51AM

Andurin writes "A bill that was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last week would require all Executive Branch agencies to publish public information on the Internet in a timely fashion and in user-friendly formats. The Public Online Information Act would also establish an advisory committee to help craft Internet publication policies for the entire U.S. government, including Congress and the Supreme Court. Citizens would have a limited, private right of action to compel the government to release public information online, though common sense exceptions (similar to those for FOIA) would remain in place."
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Treasury Dept. Restricts Data with EULA-> 0

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on Monday December 14 2009, @01:45PM

Andurin writes "The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed restrictions on the way Americans (and others) can use and analyze data developed about the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The "terms of use," which are subject to change at any time, require users to cite FinancialStability.gov when writing about the data, and to state that the government doesn't vouch for the authenticity of the data once it's been downloaded. The Sunlight Foundation's policy counsel writes that the terms are similar to an EULA and are inconsistent with the Administration's recently announced Open Government Directive."
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Finalists Chosen In Apps for America 2 Contest-> 0

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on Tuesday August 25 2009, @12:43PM

Andurin writes "Sunlight Labs has announced three finalists for its Apps for America 2 competition. Forty-seven apps were submitted, each relying on Data.gov and providing a useful spin on government data. This We Know compiles federal information on a local level; govpulse is a searchable version of the Federal Register; and DataMasher allows simple mashups of government data sets. Voting is now open to determine the winner in the $25,000 contest."
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Bidding on the redesign of Recovery.gov-> 0

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on Wednesday June 17 2009, @12:14PM

Andurin writes "Sunlight Labs is soliciting help for their bid on the redesign of Recovery.gov. Labs director Clay Johnson is crowdsourcing a proposal for the project. If the bid is accepted, Sunlight Labs would manage an open source community to help build the site: "We aren't government contractors. We've never done it before. We haven't a clue what we're doing. We don't even know if we're eligible. But who cares? We know we have a talented technical team here, and we know we have a great community of people around us. And we know we can do better than a lot of the government contracting establishment for a lot less money." The Labs team has spent some time redesigning government Web sites in the past, but this is would be their first official effort, and their most ambitious."
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Sunlight Labs offers $25,000 for Data.gov apps-> 0

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on Thursday May 21 2009, @03:19PM

Andurin writes "With the launch of Data.gov, Sunlight Labs is offering $25,000 in prize money for developers who create apps that use newly-released federal government data. Data.gov is paving the way for citizens to become more engaged with their government, by providing for the first-time a clearinghouse of federal data in developer-friendly formats. The Apps for America 2 contest aims to find the best applications that rely on Data.gov, whether it be a client application, an iPhone app, or data visualization. Also, the first, second and third prize winners will receive airfare and hotel placement for a trip to Washington DC. While in Washington, DC, they'll attend an awards ceremony at the Gov2.0 Summit by O'Reilly Media and TechWeb."
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