Officials Hoard Valuable Databases Funded by Taxpayers
Government agencies across the country are sitting on gigabytes of valuable digital data that could be mashed, mixed and re-organized in crafty ways by Web 2.0 entrepreneurs and public interest groups engaged in everything from government oversight, to providing practical information to Americans.
Yet, despite federal and state public records laws designed to make the data accessible, many agencies are fighting more ferociously than ever to keep ...
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