http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/05/06/microsoft-helping-facilitate-open-government.aspxMicrosoft will announce on May 7 an initiative to help government agencies and developers publish and interact with their data in Windows Azure, the company's cloud computing platform. One of these is the Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI), a cloudenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 40109.1145)http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/05/06/microsoft-helping-facilitate-open-government.aspx#25685Fri, 08 May 2009 01:41:59 GMTaf7480c4-26b7-468d-87b0-2acebabb473d:25685Sebastien Duquette<p>a search for &quot;OGDI&quot;, &quot;Open Government Data Initiative&quot; or &quot;opengovdata&quot; in CodePlex returns no results. Do you know when the code will be made available ?</p> <p>Sebastien </p> <img src="http://port25.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=25685" width="1" height="1">http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/05/06/microsoft-helping-facilitate-open-government.aspx#25678Thu, 07 May 2009 13:48:48 GMTaf7480c4-26b7-468d-87b0-2acebabb473d:25678John Miri<p>Great piece, Peter. &nbsp;You are right that we need to reduce the cost of publishing government data, especially in an age where so much more government data is being demanded (rightfully so) by the public. &nbsp;We need to keep people informed, but we just can&#39;t send copies of thousand-page documents to every person through the mail.</p><img src="http://port25.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=25678" width="1" height="1">