data.gov
Sign in to saveData.gov is a U.S. government website launched in late May 2009 by the federal chief information officer of the United States, Vivek Kundra. Data.gov aims to improve public access to high value, machine-readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the federal government. The site is a repository for federal, state, local, and tribal government information made available to the public.
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- data.gov
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- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/data.gov
- inception
- 2009-05-00
- subtitle
- The home of the U.S. Government’s open data
- URL
- www.data.gov
- privacy policy URL
- www.data.gov/privacy-policy#privacy_policy
- search formatter URL
- www.data.gov/search-results?group=site&q=$1
- social media followers
- 30518
- API endpoint URL
- catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/package_list
- sitemap URL
- catalog.data.gov/sitemap.xml
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- History and background
- Open Government Directive
- OPEN Government Data Act
- Data removal
- See also
- References
- External links
Data.gov is a U.S. government website launched in late May 2009 by the federal chief information officer of the United States, Vivek Kundra. Data.gov aims to improve public access to high value, machine-readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the federal government. The site is a repository for federal, state, local, and tribal government information made available to the public.
== History and background == On March 5, 2009, shortly after his appointment as the first federal chief information officer, Vivek Kundra announced the creation of Data.gov. The website is managed and hosted by the U.S. General Services Administration, Technology Transformation Services.