Questions tagged [government]
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Docket Information call returns "Not Acceptable" error in windows form app
Our app worked fine with Version 1 and Version 2 of the Regulations.gov API, but I can't get it to work with version 3. I am using a new API key, and pasting the complete URL in the browser brings ...
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Is there an official/complete list of all US government agency "developers' pages"?
The FCC's developers page happens to have a sidebar linking to many other US government agencies' developers pages, APIs, etc. It's a handy list, but I assume the FCC hosts it only out of the goodness ...
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What's a good file format for presidencies of countries? [closed]
I want to build a file with all the data of the different presidents of a country. Is there a defined JSON format to represent this data?
For example:
{
name: "President A",
Assumed: '01-01-...
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Congressional Record in electronic form
Is there a way to get an electronic copy of the Congressional Record, or otherwise get information about all the speakers in Congress, what they said, when they said, the votes on all motions bills, ...
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What cities provide open data on rental building bylaw infractions?
We've developed a free mobile app (Vancouver RentalDog, currently in iTunes) that allows people to identify licensed rental buildings in Vancouver, which have outstanding bylaw infractions. Our data ...
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"Official" list of business branches
I'm looking for some sort of list with all possible branches of business/employment.
i.e. "Restaurant", "Hotel", "IT", "Bakery", "Fitness Centre", "School", "Insurance", etc.
Preferably something ...
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How to get total count of adverse effects events by manufacturer in openFDA?
I get error when attempting to use count=patient.drug.openfda.manufacturer_name.exact without including the filter by field like in search=patient.drug.openfda.pharm_class_epc:"nonsteroidal+anti-...
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FTC list of telemarketer phone numbers that have received complaints
Is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) list of telemarketer phone numbers that have received complaints available? Supposedly Nomorobo has access to it, but I believe that is as a result of having won ...
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Now I have an API key, how do I access OpenFDA?
The link I am told to use, https://api.fda.gov, redirects me to http://api.data.gov, which does NOT have an FDA option!
In any case, that site has no place to enter the API key I got on the OpenFDA ...
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Where can I find a list or directory of foundations, investment firms or individuals interested in financially supporting Open Data initiatives?
Where can I find a list or directory of other organizations, foundations and investment firms that are interested in funding "Open Data" initiatives? Those that are focused on Open Government data ...
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Where can I find the 2014 release of Medicare data from 2012?
I have read many news stories this week about a release of 2012 Medicare data (physician billing) that just happened. Some news sites like NYTimes and the Washington Post have data browser tools on ...
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What product is the Australian government Meteor made using?
METeOR is Australia’s repository for national metadata standards for health, housing and community services statistics and information. - http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/
If I want to build a open data ...
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Where can i find the surface area and the number of premises for all UK districts?
I am looking for the surface area, and the number of premises for each UK district. The districts should be listed with their ONS codes.
Rationale: I am trying to process and aggregate Ofcom data for ...
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Is there any open data for Emergency Room waiting time?
I am a software engineering student who is thinking to build a Dashboard for ER waiting times. Potentially it could tell your whether a longer trip could still save you time. There's currently no way ...
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Are there good examples of open read-write APIs in Federal government?
Most of the APIs publicly available from U.S. federal agencies are read-only APIs of Open Data -- are there example of read-write APIs?
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Construction project data
I'm working on a project where I'd like to compare rates of construction job postings with known construction projects in an area.
Is there a database of known construction projects in any given ...
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Return on investment in international development projects
The World Bank has ratings for its development projects. The dataset is comprehensive, but crucial details, like return on investment, are missing.
What are other sources of data on projects in ...
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Educational attainment in the private and public sector
Where can I find the data on public employees' educational attainment, such as years of schooling or fraction of employees holding particular degrees? Preferably, compared to educational attainment in ...
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Is it okay to download all datasets from a government open data portal?
I'm thinking of making a copy of all my country's open data portal datasets. I will be rate limiting my downloads. Is that okay or is it bad manners to get a full data dump? I am asking of the ethical/...
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Colors of political parties
I am working on a project which visualizes html tables automatically.
If the table includes parties, it would be great to have the color for this party. Does anyone know some page,api or something ...
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Data set of US Congress in-session or recess
I've seen other questions/answers here in regard to the U.S. Congress for information like what bills a particular congress person voted on, sponsored, or speeches and such. However, I am looking to ...
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Irrigating with recycled water: Permissible levels of Na Cl EC SAR BOD etc per water analysis of the water source
Am looking for databases describing minimum standards for recycled water for irrigation?
In terms of permissible levels of Na Cl EC SAR BOD etc per water analysis of the water source.
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Understanding City Budgets
What are the most fruitful ways to dissect a city budget for the non-accountant? Are there any standards for releasing budget data that I should be advocating?
In my particular case(Fort Lauderdale, ...
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IRS Codes in machine readable format
Are there any sources of machine readable IRS codes (e.g. state, country etc.)?
For example, on the 1099-B instructions, the 1f code on this form. However I would like avoid having to scrape the pdf ...
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Where can I find column definitions for ed.gov data?
Thanks to Is there an open database of elementary, middle, and high schools in the United States? I found http://www.ed.gov/developers where I downloaded a list of schools ( School District / Local ...
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Search for False advertising/drug name associated with patient complaint of false advertising
I'm looking for a way to search the OpenFDA databse for a patients claim of false advertising. I would then like to return the results of the search ion which the Drugs are noted with that claim.
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Vehicle Miles Traveled in New Jersey before 1981
I am looking for public road mileage or total vehicle miles traveled in the state of New Jersey for any of the years before 1981. Any help would be much appreciated.
VMT for 1981 and beyond are here. ...
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How to make a successful FOIA request?
There are several questions regarding making a US "Freedom of Information Act" reqest (FOIA) for data:
What is the best way to request machine readable data from a FOIA request? - (this question and ...
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A file listing adjacent congressional districts?
Nate Silver, of 538 fame, just Tweeted:
Anybody know where I can find a file listing which congressional districts are adjacent to one another?
Seemed like an appropriate request to post here. Any ...
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Crowdsourced Open Data
If a government or a company publish their data as Open Data, you don't have a (theoretical) reason to not trust their data.
But what happens when the data is a result of crowdsourcing. Can we trust ...
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Is there a roadmap for opening all the data for a city or municipality?
In Chicago, a lot of data has been released on the City's Data Portal, but I have no idea how much is left to be opened.
The strategy I've noticed governments seem to follow is to start with a ...
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Besides Vancouver and Chicago, what cities have open data on rental buildings bylaw infractions?
(Background - a previous answer to this question--not sure how to link it--tells us City of Chicago publishes building violations.)
We've developed a free mobile app (Vancouver RentalDog, currently ...
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Is Data.gov down due to the government shutdown or is it down for good?
I can't access data.gov. It says it's due to government funding. Is it down because of the US government shutdown and will be back or is it down for good?
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Government shutdown causing linked open data to go away
With the government shutdown now upon us, and many groups going to be performing an 'orderly shutdown' of their systems in a few hours...
How can systems that rely on linked open data make sure that ...
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How do you respond when government says it needs more proven results to release data?
We've rounded up some of the reasons governments cite for not releasing data to the public. We're asking for help now in refuting those reasons. You can read more in this blog post: http://...
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How do you respond when government cites costs for not releasing data?
We've rounded up some of the reasons governments cite for not releasing data to the public. We're asking for help now in refuting those reasons. You can read more in this blog post: http://...
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GitHub license for code written by US Government Employee
When I open a new project on Github, I see a selection of licenses in a drop-down list, which currently looks like this:
None
Apache v2 License
MIT license
Affero GPL
Artistic License 2.0
BSD (3-...
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U.S. Supreme Court record items
Is there source of U.S. Supreme Court record items (merit and amicus briefs, appendices, etc.) from 1942?
I'm interested in a general answer, but in particular, I'm interested in the record from ...
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Need clarification: if state or city gov releases data in non-open formats (i.e. book, microfiche), *must* they now also release it in CSV format?
Consider the following not-so-hypothetical situation:
A state or city government has, for many years now, released a certain data set in various "old school" formats, such as a printed book or ...
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What open data institutes in the US are working with the Open Government Partnership?
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a global alliance of countries that are signatory to an Open Government Declaration. The United States is one of the eight founding signatories - I am curious ...
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Is the data used to calculate national CPI public?
What data is used to calculate the CPI (Consumer Price Index) and if it is open, where can I find it?
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What new open data do you need from the U.S. government?
Data.gov provides ~400,000 datasets from 180 federal agencies. However, I know you are interested in more data and more specific data than what is already included. What additional topics, formats, or ...
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Are there best practices that government API producers should follow more so than non-government API producers?
Clearly, government agencies should default to observing the broader trends of API producers but are there particular best practices that a government API should follow?
(Disclaimer - I am the Sr. ...
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Appealing a "Mosaic Effect" restriction?
The U.S. Government Policy on Open Data Memo directs agencies to take into account the "mosaic effect."
Theoretically, it seems like the mosaic effect could justify the restriction of almost any data....
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What would be particularly useful basic APIs for the US Federal Government to offer?
There are already certain basic APIs for census tracts, school districts, energy costs, a range of geo data, zip codes, etc.
What I'm wondering is what would be other fundamental web services that ...
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Open and proprietary data in determining federal funding eligibility
For federal grant applications, specific geographical areas and populations often have to meet minimum qualifications in order to demonstrate a need that allows them to apply for a grant (e.g. median ...
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How do United States federal agencies release data?
I'm interested in the process of how an agency, like the EPA, GSA, or Department of State, finds a dataset they wish to release, selects it, and how they go about releasing it to the public. How do ...
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Non US-centric databases on boards of directors and government agency memberships?
Are there any open (and preferably inter/multinational, not just US) databases on membership to boards of directors and leaders of government agencies?
For instance, Little Sis has mostly US data (...
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Is there a list of all municipal government forms in a machine readable format?
I've found a list of government forms at the US federal level by looking at the OIRA PRA Information Collections XML file. Is there a list of similar forms at the state/local level for the US?
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Given a federal agency, what can I expect to find on the regulations.gov API?
As an example, I'm very interested in working with rulemaking data from the FCC. Because the FCC is an independent agency, I've heard that its publishing requirements are different from non-...
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