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Author: benbalter

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+.DS_Store
+_site

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+# Contributing to Project Open Data
+
+## How to Contribute
+
+This project constitutes a collaborative work ("open source"). Federal employees and members of the public are encouraged to improve the project by contributing. For more information, please see [the faq](faq.md)
+
+Contributions can be made, primarily in two ways:
+
+### Easy
+
+1. Click the "Improve this content" button in the top right corner of any page
+2. Make changes as you would normally
+3. Click "Submit".
+4. You change should appear once approved.
+
+*Note: You may need to [create a free GitHub account](https://github.com/signup/free) if you do not already have one*
+
+### Advanced
+
+1. Configure git by using this [basic tutorial](https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git) or by downloading the [GitHub for Mac](http://mac.github.com/) (or [GitHub for Windows](http://windows.github.com/)) and optionally [Mou](http://mouapp.com/)1
+2. [Fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo) the project
+3. Make changes as you would normally using the tools installed in step #1.
+4. Push the changes back to your fork
+5. Submitting a pull request to this repository
+6. You change should appear once approved.
+
+*Note: All contributors retain the original copyright to their contribution, but by contributing to this project, you grant a world-wide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license to all users under the terms of the license(s) under which this project is distributed.*
+
+## Running Locally
+
+Project Open Data runs on GitHub pages and automatically regenerates as a static site after every change. To duplicate this process and preview changes locally:
+
+1. `git clone https://github.com/project-open-data/project-open-data.github.com.git && cd project-open-data.github`
+2. `script/bootstrap`
+3. (Make your changes)
+4. `script/server`
+5. Open [localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000) in your favorite web browser
+
+*Note:* You'll need [Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/) and the [Bundler package manager](http://gembundler.com/).
+
+## Licensing
+
+By contributing to this project, you grant a world-wide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license to all users under [the same terms under which the project is licensed](readme.md#licensing).
+
+## Privacy
+
+All comments, messages, pull requests, and other submissions received through official White House pages including this GitHub page may be subject to archiving requirements. See the [readme](readme.md#privacy) for more information. 

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+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "jekyll"
+gem "RedCloth"
+gem "sinatra"
+gem "sinatra-index"
+gem "rake"
+gem "sinatra_auth_github"
+gem "foreman"
+gem "redcarpet"

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+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    RedCloth (4.2.9)
+    addressable (2.3.4)
+    classifier (1.3.3)
+      fast-stemmer (>= 1.0.0)
+    colorator (0.1)
+    commander (4.1.3)
+      highline (~> 1.6.11)
+    directory_watcher (1.4.1)
+    dotenv (0.7.0)
+    faraday (0.8.7)
+      multipart-post (~> 1.1)
+    faraday_middleware (0.9.0)
+      faraday (>= 0.7.4, < 0.9)
+    fast-stemmer (1.0.2)
+    foreman (0.63.0)
+      dotenv (>= 0.7)
+      thor (>= 0.13.6)
+    hashie (2.0.4)
+    highline (1.6.18)
+    jekyll (1.0.1)
+      classifier (~> 1.3)
+      colorator (~> 0.1)
+      commander (~> 4.1.3)
+      directory_watcher (~> 1.4.1)
+      kramdown (~> 0.14)
+      liquid (~> 2.3)
+      maruku (~> 0.5)
+      pygments.rb (~> 0.4.2)
+      safe_yaml (~> 0.7.0)
+    kramdown (0.14.2)
+    liquid (2.5.0)
+    maruku (0.6.1)
+      syntax (>= 1.0.0)
+    multi_json (1.7.3)
+    multipart-post (1.2.0)
+    netrc (0.7.7)
+    octokit (1.24.0)
+      addressable (~> 2.2)
+      faraday (~> 0.8)
+      faraday_middleware (~> 0.9)
+      hashie (~> 2.0)
+      multi_json (~> 1.3)
+      netrc (~> 0.7.7)
+    posix-spawn (0.3.6)
+    pygments.rb (0.4.2)
+      posix-spawn (~> 0.3.6)
+      yajl-ruby (~> 1.1.0)
+    rack (1.5.2)
+    rack-protection (1.5.0)
+      rack
+    rake (10.0.4)
+    redcarpet (2.2.2)
+    safe_yaml (0.7.1)
+    sinatra (1.4.2)
+      rack (~> 1.5, >= 1.5.2)
+      rack-protection (~> 1.4)
+      tilt (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.4)
+    sinatra-index (0.0.2)
+      sinatra
+    sinatra_auth_github (0.13.3)
+      sinatra (~> 1.0)
+      warden-github (~> 0.13.1)
+    syntax (1.0.0)
+    thor (0.18.1)
+    tilt (1.4.0)
+    warden (1.2.1)
+      rack (>= 1.0)
+    warden-github (0.13.2)
+      octokit (>= 1.22.0)
+      warden (> 1.0)
+    yajl-ruby (1.1.0)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  RedCloth
+  foreman
+  jekyll
+  rake
+  redcarpet
+  sinatra
+  sinatra-index
+  sinatra_auth_github

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+# Project Open Data
+
+## Problem this Solves
+
+Technology moves much faster than policy ever could.  Often when writing policy for technology, agencies are stuck w/ outdated methods as soon as they publish new policies.
+
+## How this Project Solves this Problem
+
+This Appendix is meant to be a living document so that collaboration in the open data ecosystem is fostered and the continual update of technology pieces that affect update can happen on a more rapid pace.
+
+## Where You Come In
+
+Help the United States Government make its Open Data policy better by collaborating.  Please suggest enhancements by editing the content here.   
+
+## How to Contribute
+
+This project constitutes a collaborative work ("open source"). Federal employees and members of the public are encouraged to improve the project by contributing.
+
+For information on how to contribute, please see the [how to contribute](CONTRIBUTING.md)
+
+## License
+
+The project [as originally published](#) constitutes a work of the United States Government and is not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 USC § 105. Subsequent contributions by members of the public, however, retain their original copyright.
+
+In order to better facilitate collaboration, the content of this project is licensed under the [Creative Commons 3.0 license](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/deed.en_US), and the underlying source code used to format and display that content is licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php). 
+
+## Privacy
+
+Comments, pull requests and any other messages received through this repository may be subject to the [Presidential Records Act](http://www.archives.gov/about/laws/presidential-records.html) and may be archived. Learn more at http://WhiteHouse.gov/privacy

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+#document settings
+title: Project Open Data
+description: "Open Data Policy — Managing Information as an Asset"
+url: http://project-open-data.github.io/
+repo_name: project-open-data.github.io
+branch: master
+
+#global settings, no need to change these
+root_url: http://project-open-data.github.io
+org_name: project-open-data
+prose_url: http://project-open-data.github.io/contribute/
+
+# default build settings for running locally, no need to edit
+pymgemnts: true
+exclude: ["script", "vendor", "Gemfile", "Gemfile.lock", "config.ru", "Procfile", "Rakefile", "readme.md"]

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+url: http://localhost:4000
+root_url: http://localhost:4000