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One of the cornerstones of President Obama’s campaign bid for the White House was more government transparency. After being inaugurated, Obama issued an executive order directing government officials to determine ways to make government information more accessible to the public. Data.gov is one of the fruits of this labor, having just launched today. The intent of the site is to be an information clearinghouse for all publicly available government data. Unfortunately, while the efforts are to be lauded, the site fails to impress.

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