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Does anyone else not trust the data on data.gov? I don't have any evidence to prove otherwise, but I have a feeling that the raw data is tampered with before re

Does anyone else not trust the data on data.gov? I don't have any evidence to prove otherwise, but I have a feeling that the raw data is tampered with before release... Perhaps its just the fact that the US government really goes out of its way to protect its data (remember how much the US government hates Wikileaks and how long it takes to de-classify documents). Why would they up and release data all of a sudden?

jonknee 15y ago
... Because data.gov isn't releasing classified information?
davidhollander 15y ago
>I don't have any evidence to prove otherwise, but I have a feeling that the raw data is tampered with before release... Evidence is the currency by which one fulfills burden of proof. >Why would they up and release data all of a sudden? You just read an article listing several reasons. All government data is by default public unless related to national security and explicitly upgraded to a higher secrecy level. You could already request to view any of the information being released, but it's cheaper to start moving all public information to one location than to have every agency inconsistently implement its own information handling processes. It's extremely unlikely the government is coordinating all of its workers to tamper with public disability claims, military recruitment trends, environmental reports, geological surveys, public housing inventories, etc. before posting it on the site.