Google does not even bother managing their own version of the ODP. Go and check it out, it's not been updated in two years. If anything Google should drop the project, or start from scratch... as starting from the beginning would be easier then cleaning up the mess that is currently there (Code, editors, and all). Hehe... quick, buy GDP.com and offer to spearhead the Google Directory Project
Last I heard Google owns a slice of AOL Time Warner that owns the ODP. Thus Google owns a slice of the ODP.