3.7: Other Government Websites

Working with Other Government Websites

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In general, Data.gov will be the source location to access structured data behind some of the government’s most significant websites. Existing and newer websites such as USA.gov, the Federal IT Dashboard, USASearch.gov, FBO.gov, USAspending.gov, Geospatial One Stop, FedStats, and Grants.gov all have major presentations of data using search and presentations technologies. The structured data behind these websites will be part of the inventorying and metadata harvesting process as previously described. These other initiatives are expected, like the agencies, to register their data and tools with Data.gov so that Data.gov includes the most appropriate inventory of data and tools available to the public. Data stewards who previously published to these sites may continue to do so as these sites, once they register their data and tools with Data.gov, will be integrated with the Data.gov solution. Additionally, any of these sites that require reports from agencies should also move to require reports in machine‐readable formats. Agencies that have geospatial data are in many cases publishing that data to Geospatial One Stop (GOS) today. The harvesting process used by GOS is mirrored in the conceptual solution architecture described above and points to a roadmap for further integration. The Data.gov team will work with the GOS team to pursue further integration of GOS into Data.gov. In addition to working with other Federal agencies and initiatives, the Data.gov team is working with the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) to share standards and arrive at compatible concepts of operation. The Data.gov PMO will look to expand similar relationships in the US and internationally. These relationships may be modeled on the formal structure that OMB and the Data.gov team are using to engage and establish a long‐term collaborative relationship with other federal entities.

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