Open Access Data and Data Rescue Portals: Home
U.S. Government Agency Data Portals
Open access and datasets from U.S. government agencies are available for download. To locate data:
- Start with the Repositories for Open Data and Data.gov
- Determine the agency that works with subject specific data and use the Data tab on the site or the search box on the agency main page to locate data sets. Also try a Google search for specific sets. (Search USA.gov by research topic to determine the agency that is working with specific data)
- Review the Data Catalog sites below for additional data
- See the Subject tabs on this site
- Review agency repositories for federally funded research
- See the Google Dataset Search
- *Review the Data Rescue Project site if data is not available. See Current Efforts and Resources
- See the Open Data Handbook for a definition of open data
- Data.govPortal for 200,000 open-access federal government data sets, some state and local. Multiple filter options, range of formats for download.
- Science.govGateway to U.S. federal science. Search across 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites. Limit search results to the Public Access category which enables searching of peer-reviewed scholarly publications (journal articles and accepted manuscripts) resulting from federally funded scientific research. There are currently 15 federal repositories supporting public access.
- Agency websitesIdentify the agency in your research area using USA.gov. Search the data tab in agency menus or use the search box on the main page for data by topic.
Data Rescue Portals
- Data Rescue ProjectSee Current Efforts and Resources.
Coordinated effort among a group of data organizations. Serves serve as a clearinghouse for data rescue-related efforts and data access points for public U.S. governmental data that are currently at risk. - Internet ArchiveDigital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Includes the Wayback Machine, 928 billion web pages save over time, 1997-
- End of Term Web ArchiveCaptures and saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.
- Public Environmental Data PartnersPreserving and providing public access to federal environmental data. Includes the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool.
- Finding Government Information during the 2025 Administration TransitionUniversity of Minnesota Libraries