It seems that the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI) is facing some problems, and there is appeal (which you can sign) to continue with the work on the dictionary at the same level of quality which many of us have learned to appreciate when using its lemmata on Renaissance persons. See http://www.salviamoildizionariobiografico.it/appello.htm . For news on these problems and this appeal: see http://www.salviamoildizionariobiografico.it/news.htm .
 

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Found thanks to http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/6004286/ (and thanks to Klaus Graf for the pointer at http://twitter.com/Archivalia_kg/status/5046433433 !).

Via said facebook grpup I received a poiter to this item, which could mean good news: Antonio Carioti: Il governo in soccorso del Biografico ( Corriere della Sera di giovedì 29 ottobre 2009, pagina 45).
 
The original article is available at http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/ottobre/29/governo_soccorso_del_Biografi co_co_9_091029063.shtml .
 
See also http://www.manuelaghizzoni.it/?p=7008