"Government posting wealth of data to Internet"

AP / Yahoo!
By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer – Fri Jan 22, 7:31 am ET

"WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Friday is posting to the Internet a wealth of government data from all Cabinet-level departments, on topics ranging from child car seats to Medicare services.

The mountain of newly available information comes a year and a day after President Barack Obama promised on his first full day on the job an open, transparent government. ...
All the new data collections will be added to the government's Web site, data.gov."

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The wealth of information that is becoming available to us every day is unparalleled in history. No one is better equipped to organize this mountain of data, make it searchable, and guide the general public plus specialized researchers in navigating it than librarians and information professionals. The weight of this resource call us to orient ourselves toward managing 'public data.' - Luis