[LINK] OMB prepares for open gov sites to go dark in May

Kim Holburn kim at holburn.net
Mon Apr 4 17:56:39 AEST 2011


http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=2327798

> OMB prepares for open gov sites to go dark in May
> 
> March 31, 2011 - 2:46pm
> 
> By Jason Miller
> Executive Editor
> Federal News Radio
> 
> Many of the Obama administration's top open government initiatives are set to be turned off by May 31.
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> Government sources confirm that the Office of Management and Budget is planning to take seven websites dark in two months because of a lack of funding.
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> One government official, who requested anonymity because they didn't get permission to discuss the topic, said funding will begin to run out on April 20 for public sites IT Dashboard, Data.gov and paymentaccuracy.gov. The source said OMB also is planning on shutting down internal government sites, including Performance.gov, FedSpace and many of the efforts related the FEDRamp cloud computing cybersecurity effort.
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> The official said two other sites, USASpending.gov and Apps.gov/now, will run through July 30 but go dark soon after.
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> "We need at least another $4 million just to keep USASpending.gov operating this year," the official said. "We are looking at a pass-the-hat approach, but it could be challenging to get that done in time."
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> 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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> "The continuing resolution says we can only spend what we would reasonably expect to get during the fiscal year, and we have no reasonable expectation to get more than a couple of millions of dollars," the source said.
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> OMB and the General Services Administration, which manages the e-gov fund, already spent $1.63 million last fall on the recipient reporting feature of USASpending.gov.
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> OMB and GSA now can only spend $370,000 the rest of the year on these initiatives.
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> A request to OMB for comment on the sites going dark was not returned.

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