One year later, data.gov site bigger but needs to get better

By Gabriel Debenedetti

One year ago, the U.S. government launched Data.gov, a central plank in its Open Government initiative to make it easier for the public to f

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"… cked with more useful datasets. “Over 270,000 of the 272,000 datasets on Data.gov are very specific geodata — essentially shapefiles that can be used to d …"

"… that we actually care about and find valuable. A year into its existence, Data.gov should be cataloging much more than that.”Data quantity is not her only …"

"… ow often is it being updated.”Schneider said the one-year anniversary of Data.gov was accompanied by too much of a focus on the “shiny” parts of the sit …"