HUD Enterprise Information Management Practice - Intro to Data.gov “Increasing the Value of HUD’s Data”

Objectives for Data.gov Identified by the CIO Council Create a one-stop online website for free access to data produced or held by agencies across the Federal government Enable the public to easily find, download, and use federal government data including databases, standardized data feeds, and maps, graphics, and other data visualizations [“raw” data versus “value added” information] Target Audiences include general public, data analysts, data aggregators, web developers In the context of an open and transparent government

Data.gov Data.gov will feature downloadable federal data sets organized by category and federal organization. Data sets will be available for download in XML, CSV, and shape file formats.

Suitable Data Sets March 11, 2009 memo to Federal CIOs asked for suitable data sets for Data.gov launch, they also asked CIOs to: Identify the best data sets to be featured on the initial launch of new Data.gov site • Offer as much useful data as possible at launch then expand rapidly • Nominate via MAX portal best candidate data sets using spreadsheet template by March 24th

and the HUD Nominees Are… These are all on the HUD web site and are available to the public: HUD Approved Housing Counseling Agencies http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hcs.cfm HUD Approved Mortgage Leaders List http://www.hud.gov/ll/code/llslcrit.cfm Foreclosure Avoidance Counseling http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/ Low-rent apartment list http://www.hud.gov/apps/section8/index.cfm

What’s Next? OMB will assign a Project Manager for Data.gov Data.gov goes live Data sets will be selected from those nominated by CIOs If selected, Agencies must provide metadata for all submitted data and consider making the data available by a web service.

Mock Up of Data.gov

Questions? Shula Markland Tom Tauscher Mark Amspoker CIO EIM Team Project Manager shula_c._markland@hud.gov Tom Tauscher Citizant, EIM Team Support Contractor TTauscher@Citizant.com Mark Amspoker Mark.x.amspoker@citizant.com