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Resources from the Sunlight Foundation

Reporting

#Savethedata on Twitter

• The Consequences of the E-Gov Cuts - Tom Lee, May 25, 2011
• Kundra on E-Gov Cuts: No Project Unaffected - Daniel Schuman, May 24, 2011
• The Way Forward to Save the Data - Daniel Schuman, April 18, 2011
• Data.gov and the Developer - Luigi Montanez, April 15, 2011
• Chairman Issa on Transparency Sites - John Wonderlich, April 14, 2011
• Public Cut Out of Budget Negotations - John Wonderlich, April 12, 2011
• Major Cuts for Online Tech Transparency Progs - Daniel Schuman, April 12, 2011
• Four Questions on the Budget Deal - John Wonderlich, April 9, 2011
• 3,000+ Citizens call on Congress to Save the Data - Daniel Schuman, April 6, 2011
• Have we saved the data? Maybe - Daniel Schuman, April 5, 2011
• Save the Data: Thousands Sign Open Letter - Daniel Schuman, April 5, 2011
• Cutting the e-Gov Fund Would Be A Disaster - Tom Lee, April 1, 2011
• Momentum Building to Avert Budget Technopocalypse - Daniel Schuman, April 1, 2011
• Budget Technopocalypse: Proposed Congressional Budgets Slash Funding for Data Transparency - Daniel Schuman, March 23, 2011

Other Sunlight Resources

• Open Letter: Congress Must Protect Transparency Programs in Budget Negotiations, April 4, 2011
• Ways to take action and help save the data
• Video
  

Media Coverage

Check out the Sunlight Foundation's compilation of Save the Data media coverage on Delicious.

Some notable coverage includes:

• 2011 budget: Cuts keep check on hiring, contracts - Federal Times, April 18, 2011
• Issa pledges to save transparency sites - The Hill's Hillicon Valley, April 17, 2011
• Budget could close the door on open government - Washington Post, April 17, 2011
•  Why the U.S. Should Stand Behind its Commitment to Open Government Data [Opinion] - Mashable, April 15, 2011
• Budget could close the door on open government - Washington Post's Federal Eye, April 14, 2011
• Obama reduce un 75% el dinero de Data.gov - El Pais, April 14, 2011
• Budget Agreement Shrinks Open Data Funding Pool - TechPresident, April 13, 2011
• Five Open Questions For Data.gov Before We #SaveTheData - TechCrunch, April 13, 2011
• Feds Scramble to Save Key IT Programs - Information Week, April 13, 2011
• Transparency Websites Hit by Budget Ax - National Journal, April 13, 2011
• Transparency websites hit by budget ax - NextGov, April 12, 2011
• Budget cuts slash federal government online transparency programs - Knight Digital Media Center, April 12, 2011
• Government Could Get an 85:1 Return on This Investmint... But Won't - CNN iReport, April 11, 2011
• Government transparency websites targeted in budget cuts - Marketplace, April 4, 2011
• Sunlight Foundation: Don't Lose Sight of E-Gov - Politico, April 4, 2011
• Des internautes américains tentent de sauver data.gov - LeMonde, April 4, 2011
• Congress Weighs Deep Cuts to Funding for Federal Open Government Data Platforms - Huffington Post, April 1, 2011
• Data.gov & 7 Other Sites to Shut Down After Budgets Cut - Read Write Web, March 31, 2011
• OMB Prepares for Open Gov Sites to go Dark in May - Federal News Radio, March 31, 2011
• Open Government: "Free" as in Someone-Still-Needs-to-Appropriate-Funds-for-It - TechPresident, March 28, 2011
• Transparency advocates appeal to Congress to avoid budget cuts - Washington Examiner, March 28, 2011
• Congressional Budget Would Defund Open Gov Data - OpenCongress, March 24, 2011
• E-government fund could be cut, group warns - Federal Computer Week, March 23, 2011

Other Resources

• H.R. 1 - Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (passed House only; not enacted)

SEC. 1561 - Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for “Independent Agencies, General Services Administration, Electronic Government Fund” shall be $2,000,000.

• S.AMDT.149 - In the nature of a substitute. (introduced as an amendment in the Senate; failed)

SEC. 1512 - Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for each of the following accounts shall be as follows..."Electronic Government Fund, $2,000,000

• H.R. 1363 - Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. (one week continuing resolution enacted into law)

SEC. 363 - Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for ‘General Services Administration—Electronic Government Fund’ at a rate for operations of $17,000,000. 

• H.R. 1473 - Making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. (full year continuing resolution, enacted into law)

SEC. 1552 - Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for “Independent Agencies, General Services Administration, General Activities, Electronic Government Fund” shall be $8,000,000.

• View all the Continuing Resolutions here.
• Reauthorization of the E-Government Act: A Brief Overview - CRS Report for Congress, 2008