[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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