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

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Excerpts from this story referencing "Data.gov":

"… oadFormat: VariousUsability: n/a …"

"… 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 …"