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Seems like the executive mandate is an "80% now" solution instead of waiting for perfection. At least they're thinking about the dissemination of information.
by mattdeboard 14y ago
Seems like the executive mandate is an "80% now" solution instead of waiting for perfection. At least they're thinking about the dissemination of information.
- chernevik 14y agoSeems like, if the President were interested in "now", they would have been working on this for going on 3.5 years, and would be actually publishing some APIs.
- chc 14y agoI'm going to my apartment now. 3.5 years ago I would not have been going there. Now and 3.5 years ago are not the same thing. He's interested in doing things now, and since neither he nor I can turn back the clock, that's as good as either of us can do.
- chernevik 14y agoJust like he's just getting around to planning his re-election campaign "now". If the President of the United States wants to be impressive -- and I don't know that APIs are where one would start -- he can do better than make announcements.
- jpendry 14y agoThey were putting out ads against Romney at the beginning of the Republican nominee campaign.
- rscale 14y agoFYI data.gov launched in May 2009 after being announced by Obama's CIO in March 2009. This isn't a new effort, it's the continuation of ongoing efforts. For example: http://ideascale.com/userimages/sub-1/736312/ConOpsFinal.pdf http://ideascale.com/userimages/sub-1/736312/ConOpsFinal.pdf is a document (Dec 2009) documenting the vision for Data.gov, and http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/memoranda_2010/m10-06.pdf http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/mem... is a memoranda from 2009 that first started requiring the online sharing of major datasets.