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Bush Administration Agrees To Keep Economic Website Open

thinkprogress.org — Recently, the Bush administration announced it was shutting down the award-winning site EconomicIndicators.gov, which aggregates government data. Yet facing pressure from netroots, tech experts, and lawmakers, the Commerce Department has now announced that it will keep the site running.

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  • DavidYeah, on 02/21/2008, -0/+3I'm just wondering why an award winning site about the economy was almost shut down in spite of the fact that the public might want to know what's going on in our faltering economy.
  • EllieElliott, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1hmm...
  • dmbn, on 03/05/2008, -0/+0same reason NASA scientists were told to change their reports about global warming. it doesn't fit the imaginary bush view of the world.

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