From the article: As The Register has previously reported, Data.gov has been the subject of serious funding cuts in recent months. Its budget was dramatically r

From the article: As The Register has previously reported, Data.gov has been the subject of serious funding cuts in recent months. Its budget was dramatically reduced from $35m in 2010 to just $8m this year. From http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/datagov_et_al_budget_slashed_by_75.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/datagov_et_al_budget_sl... : Federal government transparency programs, including data resource directory Data.gov, face across-the-board budget cuts by 75% in the latest version of the federal budget to emerge from Congressional negotiations. Congress slashed the budget, not the President.