Data.gov
Data.gov is the United States open data website for finding government dataset metadata, agency catalogs, public data resources, and catalog API access.
What Data.gov is
Data.gov is the United States government's open data website at data.gov. It helps people discover public dataset metadata from federal, state, local, and tribal government sources, then follow links to the agencies or systems that provide the underlying data.
Catalog records
The main catalog works as a search layer over dataset metadata. A record can describe a dataset's title, publisher, topic, description, format, license or access notes, update information, spatial coverage, and links to downloads, APIs, documentation, or source agency pages.
How datasets get listed
Data.gov is populated by harvesting metadata from government sources rather than by manually uploading every dataset into one place. That model lets many agencies publish through their own systems while still making records discoverable through a shared national catalog.
Search and discovery
Searchers can look for data by keyword, organization, topic, file format, location, and other filters. A useful search often requires checking the source agency page too, because the catalog entry may be only a doorway to fuller documentation, data dictionaries, methodology notes, or download instructions.
Catalog API
Data.gov provides a catalog API for metadata about datasets published by government organizations. Developers, researchers, journalists, librarians, and civic technology teams can use the API to query records, build discovery tools, monitor catalog changes, or connect public dataset metadata with other systems.
Reading data responsibly
Open data is most useful when it includes context. File formats, field definitions, update schedules, geographic coverage, collection methods, privacy restrictions, missing values, and legal or policy constraints can all affect whether a dataset is appropriate for a particular project.
Strengths and limits
Data.gov is valuable because it creates a public entry point for government data, but it does not make every dataset complete, current, easy to analyze, or free from bias. Broken links, uneven metadata, agency-specific terminology, and changing publication practices are part of the practical work of open data.
Why it matters
Data.gov matters because public data can support accountability, research, emergency planning, business development, civic applications, journalism, education, and better policy decisions. A shared catalog makes it easier to find data that would otherwise be scattered across many government websites.
WHOIS domain data
Data pulled: June 1, 2026View current WHOIS record
- Domain
- data.gov
- IP address
- 3.167.112.36
- Registrar
- get.gov
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.gov
- Referral URL
- https://get.gov
- Created
- April 3, 2009
- Updated
- January 25, 2026
- Expires
- January 20, 2027
- Nameservers
- ns-1826.awsdns-36.co.uk (205.251.199.34); ns-965.awsdns-56.net (205.251.195.197); ns-1354.awsdns-41.org (205.251.197.74); ns-60.awsdns-07.com (205.251.192.60)
- Domain status
- serverTransferProhibited
- Contact privacy
- Registrant, administrative, and technical contact details are redacted for privacy in the Who.is record.