Type of site | Government Web site |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Government of the United States |
URL | data |
Commercial | No |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | May 30, 2009 |
Current status | Active |
Data.gov is a U.S. Government website launched in late May 2009 by the Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the United States, Vivek Kundra. Data.gov aims to improve public access to high value, machine-readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.[1] The site is a repository for Federal, state, local, and tribal government information[2] made available to the public.