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Government Data Management

US to shutdown open data platforms

By Clarice Africa | 5 April 2011

The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is planning to take seven open government websites offline over the next four months due to the reduction in federal government funding in the congressional budget.

According to a US Government spokesperson, funding for the open data platform sites IT Dashboard, Data.gov, and paymentaccuracy.gov will begin to run out by the 20th of April. In addition, OMB is also planning on shutting down internal government sites such as Performance.gov, FedSpace and many of the efforts related to FEDRamp Cloud Computing Cyber Security Effort.

Two other sites, USASpending.gov and Apps.gov/now, will run through until the 30th of July, but will also soon go offline.

“We need at least another $4 million just to keep USASpending.gov operating this year,” the spokesperson said.

“We are looking at a pass-the-hat approach, but it could be challenging to get that done in time.”

The White House requested $35 million for the e-government fund in 2011. The House allocated only $2 million in its bill, H.R. 1. The Senate, meanwhile, would provide $20 million for the e-government fund.

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