The agencies code.json file releases are not 100% reflected on the code.gov platform. There are discrepancies governmentWideReuse and openSource projects on the code.gov website which agencies have reported on their code.json files.
example:
| Agency |
# of Releases on JSON |
OSS |
GovWideReuse |
# EXPECTED on Web |
#web |
* # of Discrepancy |
| Department of Energy (DOE) |
711 |
711 |
0 |
711 |
704 |
*7 |
| General Services Administration (GSA) |
1514 |
1377 |
145 |
1522 |
1500 |
*22 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
1010 |
531 |
715 |
1246 |
1006 |
*240 |
DOE, GSA, and NASA are showing discrepancies 7, 22, 240 respectively, as noted above with *.
It appears that the harvester algorithm to check for duplicate release titles is causing the issue due to special characters on field value.