[open-government] 1st. April joke?

Craig Heintzman craig at webfoundation.org
Fri Apr 15 20:14:44 UTC 2011


FYI, opinion piece from Steve Bratt, CEO Web Foundation, on cuts to US 
OGD / data.gov:

http://mashable.com/2011/04/15/open-gov-data-opinion/

On 4/13/2011 10:17 AM, John Wonderlich wrote:
> An update on the situation:
>
> The latest budget deal cuts the e-government fund from $34 million per 
> year to $8 million.  That's far better than the $2M that was initially 
> proposed by House Republicans, but likely falls short of full egov 
> operations.  It's likely to pass into law unamended.
>
> For our take, here's yesterday's blog post reiterating my 
> disappointment in the secretive budget process:
>
> http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2011/04/12/public-cut-out-of-budget-negotiations/
>
> ...and here's Sunlight's SavetheData campaign page
>
> http://sunlightfoundation.com/savethedata/
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Benjamin Ooghe-Tabanou 
> <b.ooghe at gmail.com <mailto:b.ooghe at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     LeMonde.fr, first french media on the web, published an article on the
>     matter this afternoon :
>     http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2011/04/04/des-internautes-americains-tentent-de-sauver-data-gov_1502672_651865.html
>
>
>     Benjamin Ooghe-Tabanou
>
>
>
>     2011/4/4 Jonathan Brun <jbrun at jonathanbrun.com
>     <mailto:jbrun at jonathanbrun.com>>:
>     > Via James McKinney:
>     > Nothing is final. There is a budget that proposes cuts. But it
>     is not law.
>     > The Administration opposes the bill and the President is
>     prepared to veto it
>     > if it makes it through Senate without
>     > amendments
>     http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislative/sap/112/saphr1h_20110215.pdf The
>     > Administration has also expressed its opinion here (see last
>     para esp.)
>     >
>     http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/03/17/sunshine-savings-and-service
>     > I think much of the media has made the situation sound worse
>     than it is.
>     > OpenCongress and PopVox are excellent tools for following the
>     progress of
>     > this
>     > bill: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h1/show
>     https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/112/hr1
>     >
>     > JB
>     > MontrealOuvert.net
>     > jonathanbrun.com <http://jonathanbrun.com>
>     > On 2011-04-01, at 11:37 AM, Liane H wrote:
>     >
>     > To me, this looks like a political decision, not an economical one.
>     > Information is still power... Can we not put some impressive
>     case studies
>     > together to undermine the economic argument? This makes it
>     easier to get the
>     > media, politicians and academics involved and interested.
>     >
>     > On 1 April 2011 15:11, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org
>     <mailto:jonathan.gray at okfn.org>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Is anyone from Sunlight interested in issuing a rallying cry on
>     the OKF
>     >> blog?
>     >>
>     >> 2011/4/1 John Wonderlich <johnwonderlich at gmail.com
>     <mailto:johnwonderlich at gmail.com>>:
>     >> > We'd love for you to write about it, or sign our open letter.
>     >> > I'm totally open to other ideas for how we can affect this
>     decision,
>     >> > we're
>     >> > scrambling to contact legislators, and try to keep this from
>     happening.
>     >> > Unfortunately, the budget debate -- enthusiasm for big cuts,
>     and a
>     >> > completely secret set of negotiations -- is making it
>     difficult to
>     >> > ascertain
>     >> > where legislators stand, and provoke accountability.  That's
>     why our
>     >> > writing, and yesterday's news story, were such a wake-up call
>     -- it's
>     >> > becoming clearer what the consequences of cutting the e-gov
>     fund are
>     >> > likely
>     >> > to be.
>     >> > It would certainly help for people to realize just what kind
>     of example
>     >> > Data.gov is setting for the rest of the world, and what its
>     importance
>     >> > is.
>     >> >
>     >> > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Daniel Dietrich
>     >> > <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org <mailto:daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>>
>     >> > wrote:
>     >> >>
>     >> >> John,
>     >> >>
>     >> >> this is *really* bad news.
>     >> >>
>     >> >> What can we as an international community do?
>     >> >>
>     >> >> Regards
>     >> >> Daniel
>     >> >>
>     >> >> On 01.04.2011, at 14:34, John Wonderlich wrote:
>     >> >>
>     >> >> > Hi, unfortunately this is not a joke.
>     >> >> >
>     >> >> > John
>     >> >> >
>     >> >> > On Friday, April 1, 2011, Benjamin Ooghe-Tabanou
>     <b.ooghe at gmail.com <mailto:b.ooghe at gmail.com>>
>     >> >> > wrote:
>     >> >> >> I guess I missed this article from a week ago :
>     >> >> >>
>     >> >> >>
>     >> >> >>
>     http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2011/03/23/transparency-technopocalypse-proposed-congressional-budgets-slash-funding-for-data-transparency/
>     >> >> >>
>     >> >> >> This would be such a terrible step backwards, and such a
>     wrong
>     >> >> >> signal
>     >> >> >> to all countries who start considering openness...
>     >> >> >>
>     >> >> >> Benjamin Ooghe-Tabanou
>     >> >> >>
>     >> >> >>
>     >> >> >>
>     >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:08, Benjamin Ooghe-Tabanou
>     >> >> >> <b.ooghe at gmail.com <mailto:b.ooghe at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >> >> >>> I read everywhere as an answer that sunlight has been
>     discussing it
>     >> >> >>> for a week but I'm following most of their rss and
>     haven't read
>     >> >> >>> about
>     >> >> >>> it before yesterday eveing.
>     >> >> >>> Is this a really well organised joke?
>     >> >> >>> This webpage is seriously frightening :
>     >> >> >>> http://sunlightfoundation.com/savethedata/
>     >> >> >>>
>     >> >> >>>
>     >> >> >>> Benjamin Ooghe-Tabanou
>     >> >> >>>
>     >> >> >>>
>     >> >> >>>
>     >> >> >>> 2011/4/1 Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com
>     <mailto:ton.zijlstra at gmail.com>>:
>     >> >> >>>> Sunlight foundation has been discussing this for a week
>     already.
>     >> >> >>>> Hope
>     >> >> >>>> it is
>     >> >> >>>> a joke.
>     >> >> >>>>
>     >> >> >>>> Op 1 apr. 2011 09:57 schreef "Daniel Dietrich"
>     >> >> >>>> <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org
>     <mailto:daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>>
>     >> >> >>>> het volgende:
>     >> >> >>>>> Dear all,
>     >> >> >>>>>
>     >> >> >>>>> is this a 1st April joke?
>     >> >> >>>>>
>     >> >> >>>>>
>     >> >> >>>>>
>     >> >> >>>>>
>     >> >> >>>>>
>     http://flowingdata.com/2011/03/31/data-gov-and-other-transparency-sites-to-be-shut-down-due-budget-cuts/
>     >> >> >>>>>
>     >> >> >>>>> Regards
>     >> >> >>>>> Daniel
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