Open Government Directive Agency Tools

An underlying goal of the Open Government Initiative is to change the culture of information dissemination, institutionalizing a preference for making Federal data more widely available in more accessible formats. As one of the flagships of the Open Government Initiative, Data.gov is designed to facilitate access to Federal datasets that increase public understanding of Federal agencies and their operations, advance the missions of Federal agencies, create economic opportunity, and increase transparency, accountability, and responsiveness across the Federal Government – i.e., "high value" datasets. The Open Government Directive specifically required agencies to register at least three new high-value datasets on Data.gov by January 22. While many of the datasets submitted to Data.gov both before and after the January 22 deadline are high-value, agencies have reported those datasets denoted by asterisks in the tables below as new "high value" datasets in accordance with Open Government Directive provisions.

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FEATURED DATASETS

Department of Agriculture

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
	AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES This feed provides readers with information about ARS technologies relating to biobased products, biotechnology, crop production, food safety & nutrition, natural resourc...	(0 votes)	USDA	Agriculture
	MyFood-A-pedia Myfoodapedia provides information on the total calories; calories from solid fats, added sugars, and alcohol (extras); MyPyramid food group and subgroup amounts; and satu...	(8 votes)	USDA	Health and Nutrition
	PARTNERING OPPORTUNITIES This feed provides readers with information regarding partnering opportunities that are available within the USDA/ARS community.	(0 votes)	USDA	Agriculture

Department of Commerce

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
	AvailTech This is an easy-to-use tool that helps you find NIST innovations by browsing by application, technical field or by searching keywords or researcher name.	(0 votes)	DOC/NIST	Science and Technology
	Electric Current Worldwide This resource offers characteristics of electric current for most world countries, and is provided as a service to manufacturers of electrical devices and equipment for e...	(3 votes)	DOC/ITA	Energy and Utilities
	Patent Application Bibliographic Data/XML Version 4.2 ICE (Text Only) (01/2010 - 12/2010) Contains the bibliographic text (i.e., front page) of each patent application (non-provisional utility and plant) published weekly (Thursdays) in Calendar Year 2010 (Janu...	(0 votes)	DOC/USPTO	Business Enterprise
	Patent Application Bibliographic Data/XML Version 4.2 ICE (Text Only) (Retrospective 01/2009 - 12/2009) Contains the bibliographic text (i.e., front page) of each patent application (non-provisional utility and plant) published weekly (Thursdays) in Calendar Year 2009 (Janu...	(0 votes)	DOC/USPTO	Business Enterprise
	Patent Assignment Daily XML (PADX) Version 2.0 (01/2010 - 12/2010) Contains daily (front file) patent assignment text (no images) for Calendar Year 2010 (January through December) derived from patent assignment recordations made at the U...	(0 votes)	DOC/USPTO	Business Enterprise
*	Patent Grant Bibliographic Data/XML Version 4.2 ICE (Text Only) (01/2010 - 12/2010) Contains the bibliographic text (i.e., front page) of each patent grant issued weekly (Tuesdays) in Calendar Year 2010 (January through December) (excludes images/drawing...	(1 votes)	DOC/USPTO	Business Enterprise
*	Patent Grant Bibliographic Data/XML Version 4.2 ICE (Text Only) (Retrospective 01/2009 - 12/2009) Contains the bibliographic text (i.e., front page) of each patent grant issued weekly (Tuesdays) in Calendar Year 2009 (January through December) (excludes images/drawing...	(0 votes)	DOC/USPTO	Business Enterprise
	SBIR Website - Data The SBIR program at NIST solicits scientific and engineering related R&D proposals for contracts from small businesses that respond to specific technical needs that are d...	(0 votes)	DOC/NIST	Science and Technology
	SBIR Website - Solicitation This is the annual Solicitation for the SBIR program at NIST. It solicits scientific and engineering related R&D proposals for contracts from small businesses that respo...	(0 votes)	DOC/NIST	Science and Technology
	TradeStats Express TradeStats Express provides statistics on U.S. merchandise trade at the national and state levels. Data can also be displayed in maps, graphs, tables, or as exports, imp...	(3 votes)	DOC/ITA	Foreign Commerce and Aid

Department of Education

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
	Common Core of Data State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education The Common Core of Data State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education consists of data submitted annually to NCES by state education agencies in the Un...	(0 votes)	ED/NCES	Education
*	Common Core of Data, School District Finance Survey, SY 2006-07, FY 2007 This survey collects data on revenues and expenditures for each public, elementary and secondary education school district in the United States. Data are collected from ...	(0 votes)	ED	State and Local Government Finances and Employment
*	FAFSA Application Volume These reports provide information on the number of Free Applications for Federal Student Aid (FAFSAs) processed. One report provides the number of applications by the ap...	(0 votes)	ED/FSA	Education
*	Postsecondary Education Quick Information System (PEQIS) This file contains data from a quick-response survey using the Postsecondary Education Quick Information System (PEQIS). It provides national estimates on postsecondary e...	(0 votes)	ED/NCES	Education
	Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) This school based assessment provides descriptive data on the educational outcomes of U.S. fourth- and eighth-graders in mathematics and science as well as factors that m...	(0 votes)	ED/NCES	Education

Department of Energy

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
	DOE Data Explorer Widget This site contains a widget accessing the DOE Data Explorer (DDE) to find scientific research data - such as computer simulations, numeric data files, figures and plots, ...	(0 votes)	DOE	Science and Technology
	DOE Patents News Feeds An RSS feed with news on patents from the Department of Energy	(0 votes)	DOE	Science and Technology
	DOE Patents Widget A searchable database of patents resulting from Department of Energy sponsored research	(0 votes)	DOE	Science and Technology
	DOE R&D Accomplishments News Feeds An RSS feed with news of Department of Energy R&D accomplishments that have had significant economic impact, have improved people's lives, or have been widely recognized ...	(0 votes)	DOE	Science and Technology
	DOE R&D Accomplishments Widget Discover outcomes of past DOE R&D which have had significant economic impact, improved people's lives, or been widely recognized as a remarkable advance in science.	(1 votes)	DOE	Science and Technology
	Energy Citations Database Widget The Energy Citations Database (ECD) provides access to historical and current research (1948 to the present) from the Department of Energy (DOE) and predecessor agencies.	(0 votes)	DOE	Science and Technology
	Information Bridge Widget Department of Energy full-text technical reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental cleanup, energy technologies and others	(1 votes)	DOE	Science and Technology
	Librarian Research Widget This site contains a widget accessing a variety of scientific and technical information sources from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technica...	(0 votes)	DOE	Science and Technology
	R&D Project Summaries Widget Access summaries of energy-related scientific projects performed since 1995 by Department of Energy laboratories and other research facilities.	(0 votes)	DOE	Science and Technology
	Science Accelerator Widget Science Accelerator is a gateway to science, including R&D results, project descriptions, accomplishments, and more, via resources made available by the Office of Scienti...	(2 votes)	DOE	Science and Technology
	Science Conference Proceedings Widget Science Conference Proceedings Portal allows you to search science and technology conference proceedings and conference papers residing at diverse websites	(0 votes)	DOE	Science and Technology
	U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) Categorical Exclusion (CX) Determinations Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) To further transparency and openness, DOE established a policy to document and post online all CX determinations involving classes of actions listed in Appendix B to Subp...	(17 votes)	DOE	Geography and Environment

Department of Health and Human Services

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
	Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) Opportunities from NIH This RSS Feed represents all Collaborative Research and Development (CRADA) opportunities available from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).The intent of Congress in...	(0 votes)	HHS/NIH	Business Enterprise
	CY 2010 Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans Landscape Source Files An overview of all the Special Needs Plan (SNP) choices in the community based on cost, coverage, convenience and chronic conditions. This includes all contracts/plans r...	(0 votes)	HHS/CMS	Health and Nutrition
	CY 2010 Medicare Advantage, Cost, and Demonstration Plans Landscape Source Files An overview of all the Medicare Advantage (MA or MA-PD) Plan choices in the community based on cost, coverage and convenience. This includes all contracts/plans regardle...	(1 votes)	HHS/CMS	Health and Nutrition
	CY 2010 Medicare Part C and Part D Display Measures Part C and Part D sponsors performance and quality measures posted on the CMS website but do not have star ratings assigned.	(0 votes)	HHS/CMS	Health and Nutrition
	CY 2010 Medicare Part C Plan Ratings Data Part C contracts performance and quality data star ratings which are displayed at three levels: summary score, domain, and measure level on the Medicare Options Compare ...	(0 votes)	HHS/CMS	Health and Nutrition
	CY 2010 Medicare Part D Plan Ratings Data Part D sponsors performance and quality data star ratings which are displayed at three levels: summary score, domain, and measure level on the Medicare Prescription Drug ...	(0 votes)	HHS/CMS	Health and Nutrition
	CY 2010 Medicare Part D Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans Landscape Source Files An overview of all the Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) choices in the community based on cost, coverage and convenience. This includes all contracts/plans regardless of 201...	(0 votes)	HHS/CMS	Health and Nutrition
	Licensing Opportunities for NIH & FDA Technologies This dataset represents all technologies available for licensing from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as well as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)	(0 votes)	HHS/NIH	Business Enterprise
	Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) The 25 MSIS statistical tables contain national state-by-state data. These tables contain high-level aggregated statistics relating to Medicaid eligibility and claims dat...	(4 votes)	HHS/CMS	Social Insurance and Human Services
*	NIH Exported Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools: Expenditures and Results (ExPORTER) Research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other DHHS Operating Divisions (AHRQ, CDC, FDA, HRSA, SAMHSA), and the Department of Veterans Affairs...	(9 votes)	HHS/NIH	Science and Technology
	Products developed using NIH and FDA inventions This dataset represents a subset of the products developed by commercial partners using NIH and FDA inventions and technologies	(0 votes)	HHS/NIH	Business Enterprise

Department of Homeland Security

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
*	USCIS National Processing Volumes and Trends The dataset provides the public with a comparison of form processing volumes and trend data for specific form types and offices with national levels. This gives the publi...	(7 votes)	DHS	Other

Department of the Interior

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
	Map-A-Planet The Map-A-Planet website allows users to create and download custom image maps of planets and satellites from a variety of missions in an easy to use web interface	(2 votes)	DOI/USGS	Science and Technology

Department of Justice

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
	Freedom of Information Act Annual Reports - Fiscal Year 2008 Data pertaining to federal departments' and agencies' Freedom of Information Act requests and appeals	(1 votes)	DOJ	Information and Communications
	Freedom of Information Act Annual Reports - Fiscal Years 2008, 2009 Data pertaining to federal departments' and agencies' Freedom of Information Act requests and appeals	(0 votes)	DOJ	Information and Communications

Department of Labor

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
	Form 5500 Annual Return/Report Datasets The Form 5500 Annual Report is the primary source of information about the operations, funding and investments of about 800,000 retirement and welfare benefit plans. Thes...	(2 votes)	DOL/EBSA	Population
	Weekly Fatality Reports The weekly reports of fatalities and catastrophes (FAT/CAT Reports) are tabulations of fatalities or catastrophes reported by OSHA Area Offices and State Plan states on a...	(18 votes)	DOL/OSHA	Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings

Department of State

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
	Latest Volumes of Foreign Relations of the United States The Office of the Historian is responsible, under law, for the preparation and publication of the official historical documentary record of U.S. foreign policy in the For...	(4 votes)	STATE	Other

Department of Transportation

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
	Airport Status Web Service A web service that allows end-users the ability to query the current known delays in the National Airspace System as well as the current weather from NOAA by airport code...	(4 votes)	DOT/FAA	Transportation

Department of Veterans Affairs

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
	Veterans Affairs National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics (NCVAS) Web Site. The web site contains a collection of statistics, data, and reports about Veterans and the utiliza...	(2 votes)	VA	Population

Environmental Protection Agency

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
*	EPA's Envirofacts Web Site EPA's Environmental Data Warehouse and web site that uses the Internet to provide a single point of acess to select EPA Environmental data, including access to informatio...	(0 votes)	EPA	Geography and Environment
*	MyEnvironment This web site allows members of the public to find environmental information from the EPA and beyond for their neighborhood or community.	(2 votes)	EPA	Geography and Environment
*	TRI Explorer TRI Explorer provides powerful, flexible, user-friendly access to Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data to help communities identify facilities and chemical disposal or ot...	(2 votes)	EPA	Geography and Environment
*	TSCA Inventory Data Extraction Tool This data extraction tool contains the non confidential identities of chemical substances submitted under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). TSCA was enacted to ens...	(2 votes)	EPA	Geography and Environment

General Services Administration

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
*	Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) The EPLS is an electronic, web-based system that identifies those parties excluded from receiving Federal contracts, certain subcontracts, and certain types of Federal fi...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-1997 FACA Data collected and verified for FY 1997. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 a...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-1997-2008 FACA Data collected and verified for FYs 1997-2008. Committee and Subcommittee Data collected is separately extracted and keyed. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FAC...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-1997-2008 Combined Committee Data FACA Data collected and verified for FYs 1997-2008. Committee and Subcommittee Data collected is not separately extracted. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) dat...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-1998 FACA Data collected and verified for FY 1998. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 ad...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-1999 FACA Data collected and verified for FY 1999. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 ad...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-2000 FACA Data collected and verified for FY 2000. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 ad...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-2001 FACA Data collected and verified for FY 2001. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 ad...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-2002 FACA Data collected and verified for FY 2002. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 ad...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-2003 FACA Data collected and verified for FY 2003. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 a...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-2004 FACA Data collected and verified for FY 2004. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 ad...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-2005 FACA Data collected and verified for FY 2005. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 a...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-2006 FACA Data collected and verified for FY 2006. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 ad...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-2007 FACA Data collected and verified for FY 2007. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 ad...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Data-2008 FACA Data collected and verified for FY 2008. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 ad...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications
*	Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Database-Complete-Raw The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 advisory committees government-wide  This datab...	(0 votes)	GSA	Information and Communications

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
*	Global 1-km Sea Surface Temperature (G1SST) A daily, global Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data set is produced at 1-km (also known as ultra-high resolution) by the JPL ROMS (Regional Ocean Modeling System) group.	(1 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
*	Global Change Master Directory The GCMD database holds more than 30,000 descriptions of Earth science data sets and services covering all aspects of Earth and environmental sciences.	(3 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
	Global Climate Change NASA's Eyes on the Earth: Global Climate Change and Global Warming. Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA's Jet Propulsion Labor...	(0 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
	Global Hydrology Resource Center The GHRC is the data management and user services arm of the Global Hydrology and Climate Center. It encompasses the data and information management, supporting product g...	(0 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
	Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GeES DISC) The NASA Goddard Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC) is the home (archive) of Precipitation, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics, and informa...	(1 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
	Google Moon lunar mapping data A collection of lunar maps and charts. This tool is an exciting new way to explore the story of the Apollo missions, still the only time mankind has set foot on another w...	(1 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
	JPL ECCO Ocean Data Assimilation ECCO was established in 1998 as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) with the goal of combining a general circulation model (GCM) with diverse observatio...	(0 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
	JPL Tropical Cyclone Information System The JPL Tropical Cyclone Information System (TCIS) brings together satellite and in situ data sets from various sources to help you find information for a particular trop...	(0 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
	JPL Tropical Cyclone Information System Analysis Tool This tool will let you analyze data associated with a storm. You can plot histograms, maps, and profiles for many different data sets and products.	(0 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
	NASA Image Exchange The NASA Image Exchange (NIX) is a collection of multimedia content from across NASA's missions and projects.	(2 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
*	NASA World Wind World Wind allows any user to zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth, leveraging high resolution LandSat imagery and SRTM elevation data to experience Earth...	(5 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
	Ocean Color Web A comprehensive image analysis package for the processing, display, analysis, and quality control of ocean color data.	(0 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
	Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) PO.DAAC is an element of the Earth Observing System Data Information System (EOSDIS). PO.DAAC's primary responsibility is to provide distribution and archive support for ...	(0 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
*	Planetary Data System The Planetary Data System (PDS) is an archive of data products from NASA planetary missions, which is sponsored by NASA's Science Mission Directorate. We actively manage ...	(3 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
	PlanetQuest PlanetQuest -- Planet Counter: Keep track of the latest planet discoveries on your desktop.	(0 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
	Solar Data Analysis Center Data Finder An integrated resource of solar imagery and data.	(0 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
*	Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer Data TES focuses on the troposphere, the layer of atmosphere that stretches from the ground to the altitude at which airplanes fly. With very high spectral resolution, TES can...	(0 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology
	Warehouse Inventory Search Tool The Warehouse Inventory Search tool is a Web-based search-and-order tool that provides a way for users to search for Earth Science data from multiple participating archiv...	(0 votes)	NASA	Science and Technology

National Science Foundation

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
	Key Science and Engineering Indicators: Digest 2010 This digest of key S&E indicators draws from the National Science Board's Science and Engineering Indicators report. The digest serves to draw attention to important tren...	(0 votes)	NSF	Science and Technology

Small Business Administration

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
*	Business Licenses and Permits Search This data set provides a collection of Federal, state and local licenses, permits and registrations small businesses need to operate.	(8 votes)	SBA	Business Enterprise
	Small Business Goaling Report Dataset The Small Business Goaling Report Dataset is an exact copy of the Federal Procurement Database System - Next Generation (FPDS-NG) minus goaling exclusions (e.g. Overseas ...	(0 votes)	SBA	Business Enterprise

Broadcasting Board of Governors

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
	BBG Highlights BBG Highlights is a monthly summary of the BBG's accomplishments and news and developments affecting the Agency's work. Now, for the first time, this monthly update is b...	(0 votes)	BBG	Information and Communications
	BBG Organizational Chart and Contact Information This is a Web-based tool providing an interactive chart detailing the BBG's current organizational structure and contact information for its various bureaus and offices.	(0 votes)	BBG	Information and Communications

Federal Reserve Board

	Name (click for metadata and to rate Tools)	Rating	Agency/Sub-Agency	Category
*	Federal Reserve Data Download Program Provides interactive access to Federal Reserve statistical data in a variety of electronic formats.	(0 votes)	FRB	Banking, Finance, and Insurance

* Asterisks denote agency-reported high-value datasets.