Introducing Data.Gov Next Generation

Data.gov starts an exciting new chapter in its evolution to make government data more accessible and usable than ever before. The data catalog website that broke new ground just two years ago, is once again redefining the Open Data experience. Learn more about Data.gov’s transformation into a cloud-based open data platform for citizens, developers, and government agencies in this introductory video.

Redefining the Citizen Experience

The Data.gov Next Generation platform makes public data universally accessible in an engaging online experience. You can interactively discover, explore, share, and contribute to data. Whether it's finding relevant data, visualizing it with charts and maps, or sharing it on social networks, Data.gov makes it easy.

Empowering Agencies

Government agencies will now find it easier to share their public data. Agencies can upload their data to the FISMA-compliant Data.gov cloud platform, link it in real-time to systems of record, or even federate data from their own sites. Data.gov brings it all together into one virtualized government-wide catalog.

Enabling Developers

Every dataset hosted on the Data.gov Next Generation platform is readily and uniformly accessible programmatically. The Data.gov RESTful APIs are open, non-proprietary, standards-based, and widely used in the open data community. Learn more on dev.socrata.com.

Sunshine Week

March 13-19, 2011, is Sunshine Week, an international event that focuses on helping to open government data and information and freedom of information activities. In honor of Sunshine Week, Data.gov introduces the new Law.data.gov community and Data.gov in the Classroom campaign. Stay tuned for more new initiatives this week!

Tsunami Warning

Real-time alerts and data related to the tsunami and earthquake off the coast of Japan.

• West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
• Related datasets
• A world map displaying recent earthquakes with a magnitude of 3.0 or greater on the Richter scale and a depth of 50 kilometers or less. To highlight activity off the Japanese coast, click on the location features for Japan and explore the magnitudes of the quakes by looking at different Richter scale values. This Semantic-Web powered demo was built by Li Ding, a research scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

International Open Government Data Conference: A Rousing Success!

Experts from around the world presented on the Semantic Web, Privacy and Security, Geospatial Innovations, Mobile Apps, E-Democracy, and more. Find their presentations here.

Join the conversation in our new Open Data Community launched at the Conference.

Mash Up the World with Data.gov!

Join us on the National Mall for two days of science fun. This nonprofit festival will showcase 1,500 hands-on interactive activities and 75 stage shows for all ages.