Data catalogs and search portals

Data Portals, basically (TK curation)

Open Data Network

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Examples

• Search results for police use-of-force incidents, including officer-involved shootings
• Datasets categorized as "transportation"

MuckRock FOI Requests

Search all Freedom of Information public records requests made by MuckRock users. ⚓

Examples

• All completed requests that contain a file with a `.xlsx` extension

Google Dataset Search

A search tool from Google that left beta in early 2020.

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Data.gov.uk

Maybe the biggest and most well-organized public data repository.

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ProPublica Data Store

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Specific topical datasets

A shortlist of very interesting, or at least, very detailed public datasets across a variety of specific topics and beats.

California Public Sector Salaries

Independent site with the largest and most detailed public pay and pension database for California public employees, including state, city, county, and school district levels. ⚓

FEC Campaign Finance Data

money money ⚓

Examples

• Bulk Data