The next several months will be very interesting for Data.gov. The recent Presidential Executive Order mentioned in the introduction will touch off new requirements for government information. Specifically, each agency will unveil plans for implementing the machine readable mandate by the end of November 2013. For librarians with user bases that may be interested in Data.gov content, it is important to stay abreast of these developments. Given Data.gov's role as the central portal for machine readable datasets, these plans will significantly affect the website's future.
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