2.2: Data.gov
Participate in the Data.gov program. Other Information:
DATA.GOV - The Department has been a participant in the Data.gov program since it was launched in the spring of 2009, and
is ramping up efforts. To date, we have released information about the Federal Voting Assistance Program for military and
civilians overseas, as well as demographic data about service members and detailed logs about FOIA requests. We are in the
midst of creating a formal, ongoing process for reviewing and posting datasets. Organizations throughout the Department will
seek out datasets and data access tools currently available to the public and in many cases actually posted on public Web
sites, but may be difficult to locate. Where possible, we will provide data in multiple formats, including raw files users
can analyze themselves. We will be working to catalog many such data sources and integrate them into the Data.gov posting
process, creating one-stop shopping for the public. During this process, we are carefully considering those datasets that
have been a topic of interest in the past or seem most likely to be of interest and value to the public, the media, academics,
the research and development community and open government advocates. We will also be soliciting suggestions from our own
internal community, which have more detailed knowledge of possible datasets than any individual or organization.
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