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DataMasher is relatively new site that collects data produced by the federal government (much of it pulled from Data.gov) and makes it available as a downloadable spreadsheet or interactive map.

Datamasher also has the potential to be a journalistic tool -- a starting point for stories. If you suspect crime and poverty are increasing in your state, check it out.

Earlier this year, we wrote about the creation of Data.gov, a site that allows access to a large amount of US government data. DataMasher is a tool that takes these vast quantities of information and allows you to whittle it down into simpler terms, offer

DataMasher [datamasher.org] helps citizens creating mashups of data pulled from data.gov to visualize them in different ways, and to analyze how states compare on important issues. Users can combine different data sets in several ways and create their own