Hi all! FYI, the slides that Josua was talking about are here: http://george.thomas.name/omb/
Here is a blog post about how government agencies need to report their spendings in RSS. (http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rssstimulus) The data is structured! There will be a OpenGov Ignite during SXSW in Austin and I will be on a panel for Linked Data. Interesting things are coming up around eGov! Juan Sequeda, Ph.D Student Dept. of Computer Sciences The University of Texas at Austin www.juansequeda.com www.semanticwebaustin.org 2009/2/28 Kingsley Idehen <kide...@openlinksw.com> > Joshua Tauberer wrote: > >> Not related to this thread, but this just in: >> >> The LOD cloud was just on a slide presented at >> http://transparencycamp.org for the future of http://www.recovery.gov, >> the website for tracking spending in the U.S.'s economic recovery package. >> Very thrilling to see it being taken seriously by the U.S. government. >> >> Josh >> >> >> Joshua, > > Great! > > I think eGovt. is going to be a major area that showcases the virtues of > Linked Data. > > I think GovtTrack.us and Watchdog.net remain on the vanguard of Linked Data > in the U.S. based eGovt. realm. Hopefully, a Linked Govt Data Cloud -- with > your collective endeavors at the core -- will take shape soon :-) > > > -- > > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen Weblog: > http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen<http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen> > President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > > > > > >