Recovery.gov Not Very Transparent 222
Bob the Super Hamste writes "CNN is reporting that the page recovery.gov is
not as transparent as it claims to be. The examples pointed out are:
1. The user is greeted by a large pie chart that show the breakdown of money spent by 2 categories, state government distributions and local government distributions.
2. Finding projects involves a complicated search, information on projects is not actually hosted on recovery.gov
3. The format of the information available is of poor quality (the article specifically mentions a PDF document that was created from a scanned sideways copy of roadwork projects from New York state).
Given that this site was meant to make the spending of the new stimulus money more transparent to the citizens of the Unites States of America it seems oddly opaque. CNN does seem to praise the ability for government agencies to be able to exchange HTML based information between systems, which for government I would call a massive accomplishment.
I tried to find information for my state and searched for Minnesota. I got 4 matches, 2 of which were generic ones: one was the Minnesota state certification that is required for a state to receive funds and one that lays out public transportation spending for all states of which Minnesota gets $94,093,115."
Not very transparent? (Score:5, Funny)
That's because IE6 doesn't support alpha in PNG images. It's time to upgrade your browser, dude.
Yes they could make it much easier. (Score:5, Funny)
Finding projects involves a complicated search, information on projects is not actually hosted on recovery.gov
Instead of complicated search, just a pie chart showing a few categories. This money was wasted, this money was not wasted, we have no idea what happened to this money but we no longer have it and I could have sworn we had it.
I'm shocked. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The Fleecing of America (Score:4, Funny)
Just please tell us where all this money is going. Be accountable for your actions. Be HONEST! The days of hiding shit are over.
Oh where, oh where art thou? How may I join thee in thy fantasy world?
Re:well at least... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:a curious attack (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Better than nothing (Score:3, Funny)
I just think it's the most amazing coincidence that we got the only competent and non-corrupt politician out of the entire state of Illinois in the White House. Dodged a real bullet there.
Re:It's about web design (Score:4, Funny)
that was damaged by the flood that I sometimes walk on
Jesus? Is that you?
Re:Yes they could make it much easier. (Score:4, Funny)
Man, this data presentation job sucks! Mocking McCain's computer-illiteracy [youtube.com] last year was sooo much more fun...