Data.gov Program Age

January 21, 2009

Presidential Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government.

Jan 21

GSA launches Data.gov

May 21

Open Government Directive requiring agencies to post high-value datasets on Data.gov

Dec 8

U.S. and India launch Open Government Platform (open source package for government open data sites)

Jun 11

Open Data Executive Order

May 9

Open Data Policy

May 9

Data.gov team begins working in the open on GitHub

2014

Launch of Project Open Data on GitHub

2015

Dec 10

OPEN Government Data Act, incorporated into Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act passes both Houses of Congress

Dec 21

OPEN Government Data Act signed into law (Data.gov required by statute)

Jan 14

July 2019

Improved inventory.data.gov launched (metadata management tool)

Oct 2020

Data.gov catalog running updated CKAN

Feb 2021

Completion of migration of Data.gov to Cloud.gov infrastructure

Aug 2022

Launch of redesigned Data.gov home page

Mar 2023