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CKAN: the Horizon for Data.gov 2.0

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

APIs

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

Cities – Policies

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

10 Big Data Sites to Watch – By Gil Press | Foreign Policy

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

Data.gov Celebrates Third Anniversary

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 CKAN Catalog

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

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