Why is there no safety.gov - especially for oil?

    But it may be a good move for the MMS to try to look more transparent if it's already restructuring. It's a smart public image maneuver, according to Wonderlich, who claims that the White House wants to support organizations that seem to have nothing to hide. They've set up platforms like data.gov and recovery.gov in the attempt to organize government information. Why not an easy-access safety.gov platform?

A dashboard is only as good as the data behind it

    "I think the biggest lesson we learned from recovery.gov is that the underlying data and the reporting processes needed to be fixed in order for it to be effective," says Wonderlich. The reporting processes for oil company safety numbers are scattershot. Before dolling up the data on an accessible interface, the whole collection method would need an overhaul.

    It could get one. An Interior official told Fortune that the administration wouldn't be able to deal with data flow issues until Salazar's 30-day investigation of the MMS is over. That means the clock is ticking; both on the time that Salazar will have to address the issue of opening safety data to the masses, and on the time until the next oil-caused environmental disaster.