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Will A Breath of Fresh Air Rescue Open Government from Life Support?
by Andrea Di Maio. Gartner, December 16, 2011. "The struggling open government initiative that the federal US government launched last year may receive better funding than it did for the current fiscal year. As reported by NextGov and in blog post by the Sunlight Foundation, the current appropriation bill may grant $12.4 million, more than 50% more than the $8 million received this year. Although this is still not final, it is already a good sign, especially taking into account the tough overall financial situation..."
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- Appropriations bill hikes e-government fund
- By Joseph Marks. Next Gov, 15 December 2011. "A joint House and Senate 2012 appropriations bill splits apart two funds that promote transparency initiatives, the e-government fund and the Federal Citizen Services Fund, a victory for champions of digital open government. The conference bill appropriates $12.4 million to the e-government fund, up from $8 million in 2011. That figure appears to be a compromise between a House figure of about $15 million for e-gov and about $6 million in the Senate version. Because the e-gov fund had been combined with the Federal Citizen Services Fund in both chambers it's impossible to provide precise funding levels..."
- Is E-Gov Back? Approps Bill's Partial Funding Fix for 2012
- by Daniel Schuman. The Sunlight Foundation, December 15, 2011. "Open government may have won a round, with some of the money that was cut in the previous Congress year's budget for the Electronic Government Fund being restored by the 2012 Appropriations Bill (PDF) released this morning. The E-Gov Fund supports programs like Data.Gov, USASpending.gov, the IT Spending Dashboard, mobile apps, and much more. At first glance, the bill does three things..."
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