Web 3.0 could help make Obama's dream of government transparency a reality, but he'll need a second term to see it happen, By John Moore. Federal Computer Week, July 17, 2009. "Transparency and accountability have become the watchwords of the Obama administration, and part of that promise is making all sorts of government data available to citizens and public interest groups via the Web. But go past the slick home pages of public access Web sites such as Data.gov and Recovery.gov, and one finds frustrating inconsistencies in the volume and presentation of available information. Critics look at these shortcomings and gripe about the oxymoron of 'government accountability'. But it's also certainly true that the Web tools the Obama team is using are not cut out for the job..."
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