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By Sarah Gearen From shopping for an airline ticket to choosing a college or purchasing a home, consumers face increasingly complex choices in today's marketplace. Too often, the effort required to make informed financial decisions leaves many Americans in the… Continued

This term "open data" is becoming increasingly commonplace. That's what Data.gov is all about. But what is open data? A new article in the Paris Tech Review offers a snapshot of how open data was born, its evolving purpose, and… Continued

While Data.gov lists its holdings at almost 400,000 datasets, the fact is, Data.gov is the link to millions of public datasets. Many Federal agencies post their data collections on Data.gov as single entities. In addition, Data.gov is host to tools,… Continued

Recently, we marked another milestone in Data.gov's evolution. Members of the Open Knowledge Foundation met in Washington, D.C., with the Data.gov team and Federal Agencies to discuss the next iteration of Data.gov. Within months, Data.gov will see major enhancements around… Continued

Data.gov doesn’t just catalog raw data, it also includes APIs from across government. You can [browse the current catalog for APIs](https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?q=-aapi+api+OR++res_format%3Aapi), but expect this listing to grow as agencies … Continued

The data on Cities.Data.gov is brought together from many official government sites. The policies for the release of those data vary from one city to another. Below you can find the detailed policies and developer resources for each catalog in … Continued

Data.gov, which was launched by the Obama administration as part of its Open Government Initiative in 2009, offers access to data generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Enterprising government agencies and private citizens have built on the… Continued

May 21, 2012 marks the third anniversary of the U.S. government's open data site, Data.gov. The first national open data site, Data.gov led the way in opening government data around the world. Now 30 countries host open data sites and… Continued

Data.gov is pleased to announce the launch of a new data catalog on an open source data management system called CKAN used by the data portals of the U.K., Germany, Brazil, and a number of other governments around the world.… Continued