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Detailed Instructions on Transmitting Materials


Initial Implementing Guidance for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: For each of the near term reporting requirements (major communications, formula block grant allocations, weekly reports) agencies are required to provide a feed (preferred: Atom 1.0, acceptable: RSS) of the information so that content can be delivered via subscription. [via Aaron Swartz]

Here’s hoping that each agency provides a permanent, universally unique identifier for each and every entry and feed.