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Monday, 8th February 2010

Resource of the week: Guardian (UK) -- Gateway to Government Data Around the World

Resource of the week: Guardian (UK) -- Gateway to Government Data Around the World

We actually posted about this resource from The Guardian last month, but we figured it was worth highlighting here because it's a work in progress that is bound to grow more and more useful over time.

From The Guardian:

Data, data, data. There's loads of it out there and more coming your way as governments open their statistics vaults around the world.

First the US with data.gov, then Australia and New Zealand followed suit. Now it's the UK's turn with data.gov.uk.

And that's in addition to the cities and US states that have made government data available too: London launched very recently - you can get the full set of links for government data sites around the world here.

Ever since the government appointed Sir Tim Berners-Lee as its open data Czar (working with Prof Nigel Shadbolt from Southampton University) it was obvious the issue was going to be big for the government, but what does it mean for you?

You now have tens of sites around the world providing you access, but how do you find them?

Well, this is now the place. To coincide with the launch of data.gov.uk, we have created the ultimate gateway to world government data.

At World Government Data you can:

  • Search government data sites from the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand and London (this comes under United Kingdom, if you want to browse) in one place and download the data (more sites to come)
  • Help us find the best dataset by ranking them
  • Collect similar datasets together from around the world
  • Browse all datasets by each country

+ Direct to world government data

Source: guardian.co.uk

Hat tip: J. T. Johnson, Institute for Analytic Journalism

And here's a related resource you might find useful, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web. Includes links to both U.S. and international statistics agencies and offices.


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