Data
Resources on Data
How to Build an Analytics Strategy —A case study using Digital.gov as an example of how to assess, report, and take action using web analytics as part of an analytics strategy.
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Inventory.data.gov Guide —Introduction Features Using inventory.data.gov Creating a User Account Using inventory.data.gov to manage datasets Adding a Dataset …
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How to Get Your Open Data on Data.gov —Find out below how federal, federal geospatial, and non-federal data is funneled to Data.gov and how you can get your data federated on …
Tools and Services
Resources.Data.gov —An online repository of policies, schema standards, tools, best practices, and case studies to provide agencies with resources for federal …
API.Data.gov —A free API management service for federal agencies.
Code.gov —A collection of federal source code including open source software.
Data.gov —Data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications.
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Web Analytics and Optimization —We discuss strategies, methods, and tools related to analytics, A/B testing, search engine optimization (SEO), and other topics to help the …
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) —Supporting and coordinating the use of artificial intelligence technologies in federal agencies.
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Open Data —A community listserv and working group that unites 900 open data leads at federal agencies, data stewards, and all others in government …
News and Events on Data
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Involving End Users at All Stages To Create Actionable Science Products for Complex, Real-World Issues
GSA Future Focus: Web Scraping—Often referred to as screen scraping, web harvesting, or web crawling, web scraping is a process that extracts unstructured data and text from web pages, and converts it into a form that can be easily analyzed. Learn how GSA’s Emerging Tech team has identified some best practices to help agencies use this technology responsibly and effectively. — via General Services Administration
Developing a Data-Driven Roadmap
Innovating Across Highly-Regulated Industries and the Federal Government
The Federal Web in the Year of Covid-19
Building a User-Centered Data Strategy—Developing a data strategy is challenging, but 18F can help agencies with the process of creating an effective one. Our principles of user-centered design, agile, and iterative delivery can increase an agency’s chance for success in using data more effectively. — via 18F
COVID-19 Is Complex, as Is COVID-19 Open Data—HHS recently released granular Covid-19 Hospital Data in order improve data sharing to accelerate scientific and public health insights. — via Data.gov
Zero Pageviews Is Your Goal: Finding Problem Pages with Website Analytics
6 Ways Government Innovators Are Building Stronger Public Services
2 Lessons Tech Leaders Can Learn From Unprecedented Health Research
Giving Users the Information They Crave: Data and Analytics Tips From USAGov en Español—User data guides what we do at USAGov. Without it, we wouldn’t know what government questions people are searching for. And we wouldn’t know how to design our content to make it easier for people to find and understand the answers. — via USA.gov
Transforming How DOJ’s Civil Rights Division Engages With the Public—In order to be more responsive to the public’s changing communication needs and the increased reporting volume, the Civil Rights Division, in close collaboration with 18F, has launched a user-friendly online submission experience at civilrights.justice.gov that transforms the way the Division collects, sorts, and responds to civil rights reports. — via 18F
