A collection of open data from government, companies, and non-profits that is fueling a new economy.

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GPS

Real-time location for your apps and services using satellite-driven navigation data.

Commerce

Global Positioning System (GPS)

Open Data

GPS is a multi-use system owned by the United States Government and paid for by the U.S. taxpayer. The outstanding performance of GPS over decades has earned the confidence of millions of civil and military users worldwide.

Examples of these datasets in action

Google

Google uses GPS in a variety of their projects: from maps in their Android smartphone operating system to its self-driving cars.

Foursquare

Foursquare uses GPS to help people find great places and share them with their friends.
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Weather

Weather data, including water, climate, forecasts and warnings.

Commerce

Weather Data

Open Data

The National Weather Service provides weather, water, and climate data, forecasts and warnings.

Examples of these datasets in action

The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news over their cable channel and web properties.

Climate Corporation

Offers weather insurance that helps farmers protect their potential profits against bad weather that can cause yield shortfalls
Explore Weather Data See NOAA's XML Web Services ×

Census Data

Current and historic population, economic indicators.

Commerce

Census Data

Open Data

The United States Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation’s people and economy. Every 10 years, the Bureau collects a detailed population and housing census. Every 5 years, the Bureau profiles national and local economies.

Explore the US Census See Census APIs ×

Energy

Outlook and Analysis

Energy use Statistics and analysis.

Energy

Independent Authoritative Statistics

Open Data

Independent and impartial energy information from the The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), is designed to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and it’s interaction with the economy and the environment. These datasets are becoming increasingly available through APIs and other web services.

Examples of these datasets in action

U.S. Green Data

Government statistics repackaged in more human-friendly format so that data is more usable by regulators and developers

DataMarket

Redeploys government reports with visualizations so that data is more valuable for financial investors and developers

OPower

Performs customer engagement for utilities, uses data from commercial building energy consumption survey to benchmark homeowners’ energy consumption.
Go to the EIA homepage See Data Tools & Models ×

Your Energy Usage

Industry-led standards for energy consumption.

Energy

Green Button

Launched in December 2011, the Green Button is a White House-launched, industry-led initiative that empowers homeowners and businesses to download an electronic copy of their own utility bill in a secure manner.This Green Button can then be provided to value-adding service providers that can lower energy bills, improve energy efficiency, and protect the environment. As of October, utilities had made commitments to provide the Green Button to over 36 million Americans.

Examples of these datasets in action

PlottWatt

Uses Green Button as an all-in-one data feed for an analytics engine that provides appliance-level cost savings

WattzOn

Leverages the “My Data” aspect of Green Button to deliver personalized plans to save money and energy

First Fuel

Green Button standard simplifies off-site energy management for buildings portfolios

Honest Buildings

Green Button adds valueable content to individual building's online profile; similar to how additional data builds on a Yelp or LinkedIn profile.
See applications powered by Green Button Learn about Green Button ×

Energy Star

Comprehensive product lists, vendors, and detailed models on product life energy consumption.

Energy

Energy Star

Open Data

Energy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.

Results are already adding up. Americans, with the help of Energy Star, saved enough energy in 2010 alone to avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 33 million cars — all while saving nearly $18 billion on their utility bills. Open data includes comprehensive product lists, vendors, and detailed models on product life energy consumption.

Examples of these datasets in action

EnergySavvy

In delivering energy efficiency program goals, Energy Star enables greater product-level savings by utilities’ customers.

Simple Energy

Leverages Energy Star data to fuel company’s rebate offerings and cost savings games

Lucid Energy

Energy Star data contributes attractive content to Lucid’s Building Dashboard management system

Next Step Living

Energy Star provides accurate data on energy savings from home weatherization
Learn more about Energy Star ×

Your Car’s Data Stream

Great car-generated data and information to build innovative applications and services on.

Energy

Your Car’s Data Stream

All vehicles made in America after 1996 have an Onboard Diagnostic port (OBD-II) under the steering wheel. Originally designed to measure gaseous emissions, this open hardware transmits many other streams of live data (e.g. brake position, steering wheel position, door open, dashboard warning lights, etc). The potential for innovation is huge in terms of improving safety and fuel efficiency.

Examples of these datasets in action

OSISoft

Software system makes open vehicle data more valuable to developers

Progressive Auto Insurance

Delivers plug-in "SnapShot" product that offers cheaper insurance through electronic observation of vehicle’s actual operation

Ford Motor Company

Transform machine-readable code into human-readable data through OpenXC platform, which is enabling a new marketplace of apps
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Renewable Energy

Models and tools that are assisting in renewable energy technology decisions.

Energy

Renewable Energy Analysis & Decision Tools

Open Data

The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) has a portfolio of computer technologies to assist with the planning, modeling, development and operation of solar energy systems. These free tools are designed for both enthusiasts and industry professionals and have valuable embedded data such as weather, pricing, and performance benchmarks.

Examples of these datasets in action

Clean Power Finance

Includes data on rate tariffs and rebates in CPF’s marketplace tools for developing residential solar

Genability

Improves on national lab’s renewable energy tools to deliver precision cost calculators for developers
See all tools from NREL ×

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Health

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Recalls and Safety Alerts

Food, medicine, devices, and cosmetics being recalled by the FDA.

Health

Recalls and Safety Alerts

Open Data

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) works with industry and state partners to publish press releases and other public notices about recalls that may potentially present a significant or serious risk to the consumer or user of the product. This data can include the brand, product description, reason, company and a photo of the product.

Examples of these datasets in action

WeMakeItSafer

Uses feeds from the FDA to provide recall alerts for consumers, families and businesses.

SAP Recalls Plus

Ingests recall data to create watchlists and alerts to keep kids safter.
FDA Recall Database ×

Medicare Plans

Quality and performance of health plans that offer Medicare.

Hospital Quality Data

Explore quality of care data for over 4,000 hospitals in the U.S.

Health

Hospital Quality Data

Open Data

Hospital Compare is part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Quality Initiative. The Hospital Quality Initiative uses a variety of tools to help stimulate and support improvements in the quality of care delivered by hospitals. The intent is to help improve hospitals’ quality of care by distributing objective, easy to understand data on hospital performance, and quality information from consumer perspectives.

Examples of these datasets in action

Healthgrades

Uses quality data to help consumers make better choices when searching for doctors, specialists and hospitals.

Vitals.com

Helps consumers find healthcare providers by location, ratings, and quality scores.
Go to Hospital Compare Download Hospital Compare Database ×

Health

Medicare Plans & Performance

Open Data

The is a publicly available database that contains information on the quality and performance of health plans that offer Medicare Part C and Part D services. This Plan ratings data is intended to help people with Medicare choose a Medicare Advantage plan. This also uses plan ratings for oversight and monitoring purposes to ensure plan quality. Medicare Advantage plans are rated on measures including, prevention, timeliness of care, chronic condition management, plan responsiveness, and appeals. Prescription drug plans are rated on criteria such as customer service, complaints, drug pricing and patient safety, and member experience

Go to Medicare Compare Download Medicare Compare Database ×

Public Health Data

A wide range of epidemiological research compiled by the CDC.

Health

Public Health Data

Open Data

CDC WONDER stands for “Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research”. It is an easy-to-use, menu-driven system that makes the information resources of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) available to public health professionals and the public at large. It provides access to a wide array of CDC health information.

With CDC WONDER you can: (1) Access statistical research data published by CDC, as well as reference materials, reports and guidelines on health-related topics; and (2) Query numeric datasets on CDC’s computers, via “fill-in-the blank” web pages. Public-use datasets about mortality (deaths), cancer incidence, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, vaccinations, natality (births), census data and many other topics are available for query, and the requested data are readily summarized and analyzed, with dynamically calculated statistics, charts and maps.

Go to CDC Wonder ×

Clinical Trials

Registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants.

Health

Public & Private Clinical Trials

Open Data

ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world.

Examples of these datasets in action

Patients Like Me

Provides resources for patient communities, including relevant clinical trials

My Cancer Genome

A personalized cancer decision support tool that educates patients on available options and clinical trials
Go to ClinicalTrials.gov See Developer Documentation ×

Health Indicators

Explore indicators by disease, condition, age group and more.

Health

Health Indicators Warehouse

Open Data

The Health Indicators Warehouse is the data hub of a collaborative effort among government and non-government partners to establish a network of suppliers and demanders of community health data, indicators, and interventions. It’s purpose is to help Americans understand health and health care system performance in their communities, thereby sparking and facilitating action to improve performance and value.

Go to the Health Indicators Warehouse See Health Indicators Warehouse API ×

Your Health Record

Learn how the individuals are using Blue Button to structure and connect their patient health information securely to approved third party applications.

Health

Blue Button

Blue Button is a collaborative Federal effort led by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure everyone across the country gets access to their medical records privately and securely. By clicking on a Blue Button icon, patients can get their personal health information in an electronic format - a service that has not been available to most people until very recently. Because of Blue Button, over 1 million Americans have already downloaded their health records from their medical providers and insurance companies, and the number is expected to increase dramatically in the near future.

Examples of these datasets in action

Humetrix

Created iBlueButton to help patients visualize and interact with Blue Button data

Simplee

Integrates Medicare data into their online service to help seniors manage their medical expenses
Learn more about Blue Button See Blue Button Plus Implementation Guide ×

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Education

Open Badges

Recognizing learning wherever it happens.

Your Academic Data

Giving learners access to their personal learning profile.

Education

Open Badges

Open Badges is an innovative infrastructure that allows colleges and industry organizations to award micro-credentials (badges) to students who demonstrate proficiency in specific competencies. A student may earn a particular competency badge by demonstrating prior experience, or by participating in courses or informal learning experiences. Because the technology behind the badges is open, a learner can collect badges from any number of different organizations and showcase them in one single place.

Examples of these datasets in action

National Manufacturing Institute

The National Manufacturing Institute, NMI issues industry-aligned badges for specific manufacturing competencies, helping to match job-seekers with the estimated 600,000 open manufacturing jobs.

Code School

Code School awards badges for mastering the most in-demand programming skills such as Ruby on Rails, iOS and Node.js.
Learn about Open Badges ×

Education

Your Academic Data

The MyData Initiative seeks for every student (or parent of an underage student) to have access to his or her own academic data in a machine-readable format. This is possible through the participation of schools and software developers who enable students to download their own data to create a personal learning profile that they can keep with them throughout their learning career. In addition, developers are encouraged to created customized services and tools for students based on the information available in their personal learning profile.

Examples of these datasets in action

Personal.com

Import your academic transcript, student loan, and FAFSA data and use Personal to auto-fill loan calculators, college applications, and grant forms.

eScholar

eScholar uses MyData to surface the most critical academic and emotional insights about individual students for their teachers.

Pearson PowerSchool

Pearson PowerSchool lets the parents of over nine million students download and re-use their children's academic data directly from their K-12 schools.

ConnectEDU

ConnectEDU uses MyData to help learners download and track their academic data as they progress from K-12 to post-secondary and career options.
Learn about the Personal Learning Profile ×
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Learning Registry

Surfacing the best online learning resources for teachers and students.

Education

Learning Registry

The Learning Registry is a new way to identify and find educational resources online. Content creators, teachers, or everyday Internet browsers can add content to the registry, tagging it according to quality, keyword, and/or alignment to common core standards. As this information is collected, the most effective resources on particular topics bubble to the top, allowing teachers to find effective course supplements (or even entire courses) with minimal time and effort.

Examples of these datasets in action

Brokers of Expertise

Brokers of Expertise helps California teachers find effective online course material and seamlessly incorporate it into their lesson planning.

Utah Education Network

The Utah Education Network empowers Utah teachers in finding, rating, and sharing the best online learning resources for their students.

Shared Learning Collaborative

The Shared Learning Collaborative seamlessly integrates the Learning Registry into the set of shared technology services across nine states.

Explore the Learning Registry ×

Education Data Standards

A shared vocabulary for education data.

Education

Common Education Data Standards

Open Data

The Common Education Data Standards provide a common data dictionary for P-20, an integrated integrated education system that extends from pre-school through higher education. Standard data definitions help ensure that data shared across institutions are consistent and comparable. This, in turn, will make it easier for states to learn how students fare as they move across institutions, state lines, and school levels.

Learn about Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) ×

Higher Education Datasets

Comprehensive data about colleges and technical/vocational schools across the United States.

Education

Higher Education Datasets

Open Data

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDs) includes information from every college, university, and technical and vocational institution that participates in the federal student financial aid programs. Datasets include year-over-year enrollments, program completions, graduation rates, faculty and staff, finances, institutional prices, and student financial aid.

Examples of these datasets in action

Alltuition

Alltuition makes college more affordable by matching prospective students with the grants, scholarships, and loans they qualify for based on their demographic data.

Simple Tuition

SimpleTuition uses higher education data to match students with the most affordable college loans and repayment options.
Learn about IPEDS ×

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Safety

Product Recalls

Protecting the public with timely information on recalls.

Safety

Vehicle and Consumer Product Recalls

Open Data

Protecting the public from unreasonable risk of serious injury or death by providing information.

Examples of these datasets in action

SAP

SAP Recalls Plus allows consumers to create watch lists or specific product alerts around government created product safety recall lists.

We Make it Safer

We Make it Safer uses government recall history to let users compare products they own to products on safety recall lists.
See all Recall Datasets on Data.gov ×

Natural Hazards Data

Data about hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, earthquakes, and more.

Safety

Natural Hazards Data

Open Data

Protecting the public from risk of injury or death by providing information on dangerous natural events.

Examples of these datasets in action

The Red Cross

The Red Cross Hurricane App provides users with real time NOAA weather alerts, tips for family emergency planning, and information on local Red Cross shelters.

iMap Weather Radio

iMap Weather Radio uses NOAA Weather Radio services and sends users alerts and notifications on local life-threatening weather events.
See all Natural Hazards Datasets on Data.gov ×

Vehicle Crashes

Crashes and other incidents from roads, transit, maritime, and more.

Safety

Vehicle Crashes

Open Data

Detailed information about fatal crashes on America’s roads, injuries occurring on transit and rail, and dangerous incidents on our waterways.

See Vehicle Crashes on Data.gov ×

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Finance

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SEC Data on Public Companies and Mutual Funds

Public company financial statements and mutual fund information data.

Finance

SEC Data on Public Companies and Mutual Funds

Open Data

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) oversees an investor disclosure system to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. The SEC releases two major datasets related to this disclosure system: public company financial statements and mutual fund fee, risk, and return information.

Examples of these datasets in action

SigFig

SigFig uses SEC data on mutual funds and exchange-traded funds to provide personalized advice on investments and fees.

CalcBench

CalcBench offers tools to analyze, compare, and understand the financial reports that different companies have provided to the SEC in XBRL format.
Go to the SEC’s Interactive Data Home ×

Credit Card Complaints

Consumer complaint data from the Financial Protection Bureau.

Student Loan and Financial Aid

Student aid programs information, including student loan rates.

Finance

Credit Card Complaints

Open Data

The Consumer Complaint Database contains data from the consumer credit card complaints received by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The database contains over 15,000 anonymized complaints as of December 2012 and is refreshed daily. Data available about each complaint includes the name of the credit card provider, the type of complaint (over 30 different categories), the date, the zip code, and other information. The CFPB does not verify the accuracy of all facts alleged in the complaints, but takes steps to confirm a commercial relationship between the consumer and the identified company.

Examples of these datasets in action

BillGuard

BillGuard uses big-data analytics to find grey charges on users’ credit cards and debit cards by drawing upon billing dispute data from the web, banks, and the CFPB’s open consumer complaint database.
Go to CFPB Consumer Complaint Database ×

Finance

Federal Student Loan and Financial Aid

Open Data

The Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid delivers aid to students, including through federal loan, grant, and work-study programs. There is extensive data available related to these programs, including information about over 6,000 individual colleges and postsecondary institutions. For example, there is data available on cohort federal student loan default rates by school, lender, state, and institution type.

Go to the Federal Student Aid Data Center ×

Retirement Plans

Information about the operations, funding, and investments of approximately 800,000 401(k) and other retirement and employee benefit plans.

Finance

Retirement and Employee Benefit Plan Data

Open Data

The Form 5500 Annual Report is the primary source of information about the operations, funding, and investments of about 800,000 401(k) plans and other employer-sponsored retirement and welfare benefit plans across the United States. This report is jointly developed by the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Examples of these datasets in action

BrightScope

BrightScope compiles data about the retirement plan market from numerous sources, including Form 5500 data from the Department of Labor and disclosure data from the SEC, and uses this data to rate 401(k) and 403(b) plans across quantitative metrics. BrightScope also gathers data about financial advisors from the SEC, FINRA, and state insurance departments.

Personal Capital

Personal Capital uses Form 5500 data from the Department of Labor to compare the investment offerings and fees charged by different retirement and investment plans.

HelloWallet

HelloWallet uses data from federal sources to provide financial guidance.
Go to the Department of Labor’s Form 5500 Home × ×

Bank Data

Bank branches locations and bank financial data.

Finance

Bank Data

Open Data

There is extensive data available about banks and other financial institutions, such as credit unions. For example, the FDIC Institution Directory is a directory of all FDIC-insured institutions, such as locations, operating status, and key financial information. The FFIEC Central Data Repository provides free financial and structural information for most FDIC-insured institutions in tagged, interactive data formats.

Go to FDIC Institution Directory Go to FFIEC Central Data Repository Find Other Major Bank datasets ×

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Global Development

Global Health Surveys

Demographic & health surveys across 90 countries.

Global Development

Demographic and Health Surveys

Open Data

The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program has collected, analyzed, and disseminated accurate and representative data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition through more than 300 surveys in over 90 countries. These surveys cover AIDS indicators, gender, Malaria indicators, youth, family planning, health facility provisions, benchmarking surveys, key indicators, geographic details, and qualitative interviews. Accessible under STATcompiler.

Go to Measure DHS ×

Sector and Geographic Loans

Geographic location, sector data, and default rates for loans backed by the Development Credit Authority across the developing world.

Global Development

Sector and Geographic Loan Data

Open Data

Whether it’s getting working capital to promising entrepreneurs or input financing to small farmers, Development Credit Authority (DCA) seeks to prove the commercial viability of underserved markets so that lending and investment continues after we exit. Through DCA, more than 300 transactions between financial institutions and USAID have made up to $2.3 billion in private financing available for more than 100,000 entrepreneurs around the world.

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Budget and Funding Data

Foreign assistance expenditures and funding for federal programs at work around the globe.

Global Development

Budget and Funding Data

Open Data

These data are U.S economic and military assistance by country from 1946 to 2010. This is the authoritative dataset of U.S. foreign assistance. The dataset is used to report U.S foreign assistance to Congress as required by the Foreign Assistance Act, Section 634.

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Agricultural and Land Use

Market price data, production data, weather data, and land use data used to predict famine.

Global Development

Famine Early Warning Systems Network

Open Data

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is a USAID-funded activity that collaborates with international, regional and national partners to provide timely and rigorous early warning and vulnerability information on emerging and evolving food security issues. FEWS NET professionals in the Africa, Central America, Haiti, Afghanistan and the United States monitor and analyze relevant data and information in terms of its impacts on livelihoods and markets to identify potential threats to food security.

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Eligibility Indicators

Data used to determine counties eligibility for various forms of federal assistance.

Global Development

Country Selection Indicators

Open Data

For a country to be selected as eligible for a Millennium Challenge Corporation MCC assistance program, it must demonstrate a commitment to just and democratic governance, investments in its people, and economic freedom as measured by different policy indicators. This dataset contains source data as well as MCC country indicators for FY13, including historical trend for five years.

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