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Free and open access to global development data

ACLED collects the dates, actors, locations, fatalities, and types of all reported political violence and protest events around the world.

Inside Kaggle you’ll find all the code & data you need to do your data science work. Use over 50,000 public datasets and 400,000 public notebooks to conquer any analysis in no time.

The Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS) measures the effect of changing business conditions during the Coronavirus pandemic on our nation's small businesses. Survey results give local, state, and federal officials essential real-time data to aid in policy and decision-making. In addition, the information aids businesses in making economic decisions and assists researchers studying the effects of the pandemic.

The Household Pulse Survey is a 20-minute online survey studying how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting households across the country from a social and economic perspective. Data from this survey will show the widespread effects of the coronavirus pandemic on individuals, families, and communities across the country.

These resources are vital sources of information about the workings and essential activities of the U.S. Government.

Govinfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.

Access demographic, economic, and population data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Explore census data with visualizations and view tutorials.

The home of the U.S. Government’s open data. Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.

Easy Access to Federally-Funded Technical Reports Through The National Technical Reports Library

The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the United States

Easily explore all of the latest martian terrain data and rover imagery, right here in your browser.

Explore the universe and discover our home planet with NASA through a collection of sounds from historic spaceflights and current missions.

Track sharks and other marine animals in near real-time. Each animal on the Tracker is sending back critical data that will be used to ensure healthy oceans for future generations.

Enjoy live streams of nature hosted in partnership with various national parks and organizations across the world.