2.1: Data Sets

Increase access to and use of the data sets available to the public.

Other Information:

The Department creates and disseminates data sets about US foreign policy, international diplomacy, and global issues. The data supports analysis of US foreign policy initiatives and trends and is used by experts in specific issue areas as well as experts in the process of diplomacy. It is also used by the general public to explore the history of US international relations. The Open Government initiative provides an opportunity to increase access to and use of the data sets available to the public. Data sets that are currently available are located on the Data.gov website, and new data sets will be published there as they are made available. These data sets may be found either by doing a search for all Department of State data sets; or by directly accessing the following URL: http://www.data.gov/catalog/raw/category/0/agency/56/filter//type//sort//page/1/count/25. The data sets can also be accessed through the Department’s Open Government page at www.state.gov/open Among the data sets published are one from developed by the Office of the Historian, and one from Interagency Working Group (IAWG). The Department enables the public to download its raw data sets in multiple formats depending on the nature of the data. We include geographic data, spreadsheet data, images, and text, in the following formats: • XML • CSV/Text • Excel • Shapefile • Maps • KML/KMZ Additional information about the Department is available at the following URL: http://www.state.gov/open/

Stakeholder(s):

• Office of the Historian: Bibliographical Metadata of the Foreign Relations of the United States Series - The Office of the Historian is responsible, under law, for the preparation and publication of the official historical documentary record of U.S. foreign policy in the Foreign Relations of the United States series. This dataset is the raw bibliographical metadata for the nearly 500 volumes in the series published since 1861. Each record in the dataset contains a volume's title, year of publication, years covered by the volume, summary, and links to sources for these volumes online or in print, among other metadata items. http://www.history.state.gov/open/frus-metadata


• Interagency Working Group (IAWG): FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - East Asia and Pacific region -- Agency: Department of State Sub-Agency: Category: International Statistics Date Released: 12-Jan-2009 Date Updated: 15-Jan-2010 Time Period: years Frequency: years Description: The Interagency Working Group (IAWG) on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training was created in 1998 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year. For more information go to: http://www.data.gov/raw/1433/#description


• The Public

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