I think Aaron Swartz would appreciate RSS being used for government transparency, but it is ironic that the same government that bullied him to death is now embracing RSS.
This is not really a fair picture of history. The folks at the Government Publishing Office who decided to use RSS have really no connection to Swartz's prosecutors and probably were using RSS before the prosecution. (This is also not a government "embracing" RSS. It's one website. And it's been there for a long time.)
You’re right. I didn’t think it through. Although I stand by the first part. Aaron would be gratified to see this page. Since you point out it’s been there a long time, maybe he did see this page.