Data.gov Program Age

January 21, 2009

Presidential Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government.

2009

GSA launches Data.gov

Open Government Directive requiring agencies to post high-value datasets on Data.gov

U.S. and India launch Open Government Platform (open source package for government open data sites)

2012

Open Data Executive Order

2013

Open Data Policy

Data.gov team begins working in the open on GitHub

2014

Launch of Project Open Data on GitHub

2015

2016

OPEN Government Data Act, incorporated into Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act passes both Houses of Congress

2018

OPEN Government Data Act signed into law (Data.gov required by statute)

2019

Improved inventory.data.gov launched (metadata management tool)

2020

Data.gov catalog running updated CKAN

2021

Completion of migration of Data.gov to Cloud.gov infrastructure

2022

Launch of redesigned Data.gov home page

2023