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Re:Data.gov & 7 Other Sites to Shut Down After Budgets Cut by Ainab on Thursday March 31, 2011 @06:38PM (#2394047)
If you only consider hosting, but gathering data and formating takes more than $20.
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Re:Data.gov & 7 Other Sites to Shut Down After Budgets Cut by ilikepi on Thursday March 31, 2011 @07:18PM (#2394190)
"over the last few years data.gov has cost $8.3 million; the cloud computing initiative has cost $1.4 million; and USASpending.gov has cost $13.3 million"

http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2011/03/23/transparency-t...

So yeah, a bit more than $20/mo, but relative to the budget as a whole....

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Re:Data.gov & 7 Other Sites to Shut Down After Budgets Cut by Estragon on Thursday March 31, 2011 @07:33PM (#2394239)
So, a few hours in Iraq/Afghanistan, then...
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