[danso]

On a positive note...

I don't know how much it cost to redesign the Federal Register, but federalregister.gov is one of the most usable, data-intensive sites around. Especially compared to what it used to be.

GAO.gov is also a hallmark in usability and information-taxonomy.

[knowtheory]

One of the dudes who developed the Federal Register site (i think as a code for america fellow) is now at AirBnB too. This is a world we can and should get involved in.

Ah i wasn't quite right. You can check out the full story here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2839137 sunlight labs was involved though.

[sharkweek]

several friends took jobs with the GAO out of school (data analysis type gigs) -- they have some of the coolest stuff to talk about; seems like a great branch of government to work for