The Politico reports on the number of new databases the government must create under new laws. But experts say many factoids could easily suffer the same fate as some predecessors: obscurity. Large portions of the data sets the government collects are underused or untouched for years — buried in convoluted spreadsheets or poorly organized websites.
Day: June 24, 2009
Gov. Palin Reimburses State
The Post reports that Gov. Palin reimbursed the state for some trips. Palin’s attorney, Thomas Van Flein, says the governor paid $8,143.62 to the state on June 19 for the nine trips, some with more than one of her five children, taken between January 2007 and February of this year. The payment was due Tuesday.