Open government data

Open government data is one of the most successful civic tech movements, with many of the world's countries, cities, and other regional governance bodies participating by making data available. Encouraging governments to publish valuable data in a clean, understandable, and timely manner is part of this work.

Suggested resources: Global Data Barometer - "A multi-dimensional and multi-layered study that assessed the state of data for public good in 109 countries. An expert survey was conducted from May 2019 – May 2021 to create a new global benchmark that looks at data governance, capability, availability, and use and impact of data for public good."

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Archive of Data.gov
source.coop/harvard-lil/gov-data

Archive of Data.gov

This repository is maintained by the Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab as part of our project to preserve U.S. federal public data.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Civic data, Open civic data, Open government data
humanmint
pypi.org/project/humanmint

humanmint

"A small Python library I've built for cleaning messy human-centric data: HumanMint, a completely open-source library. Think government contact records with chaotic names, weird phone formats, noisy...

since 2025
Civic data, General purpose open source tools, Open government data
America's Essential Data
essentialdata.us

America's Essential Data

America's Essential Data is a collaborative effort dedicated to documenting the value that data produced by the federal government provides for American lives and livelihoods.

Washington, DC
Civic data, Open government data, Crowdsourcing
the Dearly Departed Dataset Graveyard
essentialdata.us/in-memoriam.html

the Dearly Departed Dataset Graveyard

This page memorializes the federal datasets and variables, as well as select data tools, that have been terminated or removed in 2025.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Civic data, Open government data, Crowdsourcing
ADES - Groundwater data access portal
brgm.fr/en/website/ades-groundwater-data-access-portal

ADES - Groundwater data access portal

ADES is the national groundwater data access portal for metropolitan France and overseas departments. It gathers quantitative and qualitative data on groundwater on a public website.

Orléans, France
Open government data, Civic data, Open data publishing portals
Clean water and sanitation
Datos Abiertos Legislativos Paraguay
datos.congreso.gov.py/opendata/index

Datos Abiertos Legislativos Paraguay

En este portal se pueden acceder a información relevante respecto de la Tramitación de un Proyecto de Ley en el Congreso Nacional, información de los Parlamentarios, Comisiones asesoras, Sesiones plen...

Asunción, Paraguay
since 2015
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Open data publishing portals
Riksdagens öppna data
riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/riksdagens-oppna-data

Riksdagens öppna data

Riksdagens öppna data

Stockholm
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Open data publishing portals
dati.camera.it
dati.camera.it

dati.camera.it

Il portale dei dati aperti della Camera dei deputati promuove l'accesso, il riuso e la condivisione dei dati della Camera, a favore della partecipazione democratica, della trasparenza e dell'interoper...

Rome
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Open data publishing portals
data.senat.fr
data.senat.fr

data.senat.fr

Bienvenue sur le site data.senat.fr, le site Open Data du Sénat.

Paris
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Civic data, Open civic data
UK Parliament Members API
members-api.parliament.uk/index.html

UK Parliament Members API

An API which retrieves Members data.

London
Civic data, Civic data APIs, Open government data
dati.senato.it
dati.senato.it/sito/home

dati.senato.it

Il punto per l'accesso diretto ai dati del Senato della Repubblica. Aggiornamenti quotidiani di informazioni facilmente e liberamente utilizzabili (dati aperti) che riguardano ogni aspetto dell'attivi...

Rome
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Open data publishing portals
Datos Abiertos Legislativos (Camara de Chile)
camara.cl/transparencia/datosAbiertos.aspx

Datos Abiertos Legislativos (Camara de Chile)

En esta sección se puede acceder a los antecedentes que se producen con ocasión de la tramitación de un proyecto de ley, información de los parlamentarios y leyes ya publicadas, en un formato que perm...

Valparaíso
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Civic data
Datos Abiertos Legislativos (Congresso Nacional de Chile)
opendata.congreso.cl

Datos Abiertos Legislativos (Congresso Nacional de Chile)

El Congreso Nacional pone a disposición de la ciudadanía su iniciativa de DATOS ABIERTOS LEGISLATIVOS, que se enmarca en el principio de Transparencia y acercamiento de la labor legislativa que se des...

Valparaíso
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Civic data
Scottish Parliament Open Data
data.parliament.scot/#/home

Scottish Parliament Open Data

Welcome to the Scottish Parliament’s open data portal.

Edinburgh, Scotland
Civic data, Open government data, Open data publishing portals
Open Data at The New York State Senate
nysenate.gov/open-data

Open Data at The New York State Senate

The documents, facts, figures, and reports that affect the processes, or are a result of the processes, of the New York Senate.

Albany, NY
Civic data, Open government data, Open data publishing portals
state
Stortinget Åpne data
data.stortinget.no

Stortinget Åpne data

Stortingets datatjeneste tilbyr uttrekk fra databaser som benyttes i Stortingets parlamentariske saksbehandling.

Oslo, Norway
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Open data publishing portals
TeseoETL
abrimos.info/teseoetl_en.html

TeseoETL

Large-scale Data Analysis

Puebla, MX
Civic data, Open government data, Govtech
Chatíco
bogota.gov.co/mi-ciudad/gobierno/acceder-servicios-distritales-en-bogota-con-el-asistente-chatico

Chatíco

Web- and WhatsApp-based virtual agent chatbot for residents of Bogotá

Bogotá
since 2025
Communicating with the government, Bots, AI Constituent Service
WhatsApp
congressMCP
congressmcp.lawgiver.ai

congressMCP

An MCP server allowing AI agents and MCP clients to interface with the Congress.gov API

Austin, TX
since 2025
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Artificial Intelligence, Agentic AI
Planning and housing data in England
planning.data.gov.uk

Planning and housing data in England

Official government portal for open planning and housing data

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Civic data, Open government data, Urban planning
housing
Register of Charities
register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/about-the-register-of-charities

Register of Charities

Find information about registered charities in England and Wales

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Nonprofit tech, Civic data, Open civic data
broadbandmap.fcc.gov/location-summary

FCC National Broadband Map

This map displays where Internet services are available across the United States, as reported by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to the FCC. The map will be updated continuously to improve its accur...

Washington, DC
since 2022
Connectivity, Govtech, Civic maps
United States (federal government)
rAPId
ai.gov.uk/projects/rapid

rAPId

An end-to-end solution to sharing data across government

10 Downing Street
Civic data, Open government data, Govtech
United Kingdom (government)
EGOV Repositories
unu-egov.org/repositories

EGOV Repositories

Discover the United Nations University EGOV's repository platform, a centralized hub of specialized repositories tackling global challenges.

Guimarães, Portugal
Civic tech catalogs, Govtech, Disaster response and humanitarian tech
importgenius.com

ImportGenius

Search global import/export records from US Customs at the bill of lading level for 8 million businesses.

Open civic data, Open government data, Open data success stories
commercial, supply chain
Transforming Flanders digitally
vlaanderen.be/en/authorities/flemish-resilience/transforming-flanders-digitally

Transforming Flanders digitally

The Government of Flanders is developing the digital talents of all people of Flanders. It valorises data as a raw material of the economy and society and is working on the digital transformation of p...

Flanders
Digital transformation, Civic data, Open government data
UGhub
nita.go.ug/ughub

UGhub

NITA-U is integrating all MDA systems to the UGhub Systems Integration Platform so as to enable seamlessly sharing of data across Government systems in a rational, secure, efficient and sustainable ma...

Uganda 🇺🇬
Govtech, Data integration, Civic data
Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO)
data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Primary-Land-Use-Tax-Lot-Output-PLUTO-/64uk-42ks/about_data

Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO)

Extensive land use and geographic data at the tax lot level in comma–separated values (CSV) file format. The PLUTO files contain more than seventy fields derived from data maintained by city agencies.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Open government data
land, city, Sustainable cities and communities
The Planning London Datahub
london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/planning/digital-planning/planning-london-datahub

The Planning London Datahub

The Planning DataHub is a collaborative project between all of the Planning Authorities in London to build a single open data set of development proposals in the planning process to enable monitoring...

London
Civic data, Open government data, Civic data APIs
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Open Data Maturity Scale
communities.sunlightfoundation.com/action/maturity-scale

Open Data Maturity Scale

Learn about different possible open data interventions, based on level of feasibility and impact

Washington, DC
Civic data, Open government data, Maturity Assessment
NYC Street Map
streets.planning.nyc.gov/about?layer-groups=%5B%22amendments%22%2C%22citymap%22%2C%22pierhead-bulkhead-lines%22%2C%22street-centerlines%22%5D&mc_cid=a3c67e00a3

NYC Street Map

NYC Street Map is an ongoing effort to digitize official street records, bring them together with other street information, and make them easily accessible to the public.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Civic maps, Civic data, Open government data
city, Sustainable cities and communities
API Vilnius
api.vilnius.lt

API Vilnius

The portal is designed not only for IT specialists who want to create projects using open-source code but also for residents who want to make important personal life decisions based on sound statistic...

Vilnius, Lithuania
Open government data, Open data publishing portals, Government transparency
Lietuvos finansai
lietuvosfinansai.lt

Lietuvos finansai

The website allows you to view, filter and analyze government finance data in a variety of sections and levels, from the national level, which includes aggregated (total) government, municipal, social...

Lithuania (Lietuva) 🇱🇹
Government transparency, Open government data, Budget explorers
Open Vilnius
open.vilnius.lt

Open Vilnius

The Innovation and Technology Group of the Vilnius City Municipality is developing digital innovations aimed at the smart development of the Lithuanian capital.

Vilnius, Lithuania
Open government data, Data governance, Open innovation
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Rinkėjo puslapis
rinkejopuslapis.lt

Rinkėjo puslapis

"Voter Page" aims at providing electronic advanced services to voters.

Lithuania (Lietuva) 🇱🇹
Voting and elections, Open government data, Voter assistance tech
Open Spending Netherlands
openspending.nl

Open Spending Netherlands

The goal of the project is to publish standardized financial detail data of municipalities, provinces, ministries and other governing bodies on the central platform openspending.nl.

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, Open government data
Disclosure logs: a best practice guide for local authorities [in the UK]
societyworks.org/research-and-guidance/disclosure-logs-guide

Disclosure logs: a best practice guide for local authorities [in the UK]

Guide that "seeks to explain what disclosure logs are, how to manage them efficiently and why, although they are not a legal requirement, local authorities should seriously consider using one for the...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2023
Govtech, Access to information, Open government data
guides
Danes je nov dan
danesjenovdan.si

Danes je nov dan

Ljubljana, Slovenia based civic tech NGO, focusing efforts on (digital) political participation, open data, transparency, and public institutional oversight.

Ljubljana
since 2013
Participatory democracy, Participatory budgeting, Civic apps outfits
DataMéxico
datamexico.org

DataMéxico

DataMéxico permite la integración, visualización y análisis de datos públicos para fomentar la innovación, inclusión y diversificación de la economía mexicana.

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, Open government data
2023 Webby Awards
OpenBook
questica.com/openbook

OpenBook

Questica OpenBook is a transparency and data visualization software that enables organizations to share their financial and other data, when and where they need to.

800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199
Civic data, Budget explorers, Open government data
Govspend.ng
govspend.ng

Govspend.ng

While the Open Treasury portal hosts all federal daily treasury reports, GOVSPEND.NG, a platform powered by BudgIT, simplifies the treasury report for citizens and Civil Society Organizations to acces...

55 Moleye Street, Alagomeji-Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
Budget explorers, Advocacy tech, Watchdogging and transparency
Openstat Madagascar
openstat-madagascar.com

Openstat Madagascar

Open data platform in Madagascar

Madagascar (Madagasikara) 🇲🇬
since 2018
Open data publishing portals, Civic data, Open government data
GovInfo
govinfo.gov

GovInfo

GovInfo is free U.S. Government information for all. GovInfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch.

Capitol Hill
since 2016
Govtech, Archives, Civic data
United States (federal government)
Global Data Barometer data governance module
globaldatabarometer.org/module/governance

Global Data Barometer data governance module

Ranking of countries by their open government data governance processes

Data governance, Civic data, Open government data
Global Data Barometer
globaldatabarometer.org

Global Data Barometer

Measuring the state of data for the public good

Civic data, Benchmarks, Open government data
reports, TICTeC 25
Data of New York
twitter.com/nycdatabot

Data of New York

@nycdatabot is a Twitter bot that lets you explore the city of New York through data.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Bots, Open government data, Civic data
city, Sustainable cities and communities
2022 Survey of Federal Chief Data Officers
datafoundation.org/2022-survey-of-federal-chief-data-officers

2022 Survey of Federal Chief Data Officers

An annual survey and report by Data Foundation

Washington, DC
Govtech, Open government data, Civic data
Data Skills for Congress
gspp.berkeley.edu/programs/data-skills-for-congress

Data Skills for Congress

A new professional learning certificate program for Congressional staff

Berkeley, CA
Govtech, Certifications, Supporting public sector from outside government
trainings
Data Foundation
datafoundation.org

Data Foundation

Improving government, business, and society through open data and evidence-informed public policy

Washington, DC
Civic data, Open government data, Research and policy centers
Datum Awards
datacoalition.org/blog/12928593

Datum Awards

Nominees are individuals who are champions for the use of data in evidence-based decision-making, transparency, and accountability.

Washington, DC
Awards and prizes, Civic data, Open government data
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