"Gary D. Bass" is the founder and Executive Director of OMB Watch.

Bass received a combined doctorate in psychology and education from the University of Michigan. He was president of the Human Services Information Center before founding OMB Watch in 1983. Since then he has been a prominent commentator on federal information policy issues and assisted other nonprofit organizations: The NonProfit Times listed him within their Power and Influence Top 50. In 1989, he created RTK NET, a free online service to provide community groups with access to government data.

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What you say may very well be true, but I would feel better hearing what the doctor has to say.

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Regardless of where you work or live, the changes affect you and your community. This is about knowing what's in the air we breathe and water we drink.

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There's not only a social value that's at stake, there's a self-interest involved.

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But there is no infrastructure underneath it to get information. There are no business federal identification numbers that would allow you to get SEC, OSHA and EPA findings on a company.

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The demand is increasing for government to be more accessible, ... But the way that demand is met is with glitzy services like e-filing [for taxes] or accessing information on a Social Security account.

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We have lost contact with the orbiter; rescue units are moving position.

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Staff should be exploring ways of aggregating information, based on surveys and focus groups, to make the site meaningful to users.

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There's no doubt that people are getting more involved with the government on the Internet to meet their needs, but my question is whether e-government is providing a way to access information, .

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