Data.gov Home - Data.gov

Data.gov home page for the U.S. government’s open data portal. The page presents the site as an official federal .gov resource and highlights dataset discovery, metrics, open government, contact, and user guide navigation, along with a large dataset catalog and a prompt to try the next-generation catalog at catalog.data.gov.

KEEPHIGH CONFIDENCEONE-HOP EXPLORED

Observed evidence

Original Source

Skip to main content An official website of the United States government Here's how you know Here's how you know The .gov means it's official. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site. The site is secure. The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely. Try the next-generation Data Catalog at catalog.data.gov and help shape it with your feedback. Menu Data Metrics Open Government Contact User Guide User Guide 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. 559,461 datasets available Search Search Most Viewed Datasets Recently Added Datasets Datasets by Organization Geospatial Code Repository Mission The United States Government’s open data site is designed to unleash the power of government open data to inform decisions by the public and policymakers , drive innovation and economic activity , achieve agency missions , and strengthen the foundation of an op

Requested URL: https://data.gov/index.html
Final URL: https://data.gov/index.html
Retrieved: 2026-09-17T13:03:07Z
Response: HTTP 200 · text/html

Model-generated · Validated

AI Analysis

Summary

Why it matters

This is a central government data discovery entry point with explicit references to dataset counts, catalog navigation, and multiple topical sections that may be useful for finding authoritative public datasets and portal context.

Grounded observations

The page is the Data.gov home page.
Evidence: Title: "Data.gov Home - Data.gov" and requested_url: "https://data.gov/index.html"
The site identifies itself as an official U.S. government website.
Evidence: Text excerpt: "An official website of the United States government"
The portal emphasizes secure .gov / https usage.
Evidence: Text excerpt: "The .gov means it's official" and "The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website"
The page promotes a next-generation data catalog.
Evidence: Text excerpt: "Try the next-generation Data Catalog at catalog.data.gov"
The site offers navigation to metrics, open government, contact, and user guide sections.
Evidence: Text excerpt includes "Menu Data Metrics Open Government Contact User Guide User Guide"

Candidate leads from analysis

https://catalog.data.gov/Visited in the one-hop expedition
Follow the promoted next-generation catalog landing page referenced in the excerpt.
https://data.gov/metricsVisited in the one-hop expedition
Inspect the metrics section mentioned in the page navigation.
https://data.gov/open-govSuggested only · Not visited
Inspect the open government section mentioned in the page navigation.
https://data.gov/contactSuggested only · Not visited
Inspect contact information for the portal.
https://data.gov/user-guide/Suggested only · Not visited
Review the user guide referenced in the navigation.

Actually visited · One hop only

Follow-up Expedition

Catalog - Data.gov

https://catalog.data.gov/

VISITED + ANALYZED

Why selected: Directly follows the homepage’s explicit prompt to try the next-generation Data Catalog for dataset discovery.

Analysis: A government data catalog homepage for Data.gov showing search, filtering, and dataset browsing features, plus a large live inventory count and featured datasets.

What it added: Confirmed the catalog is the main discovery interface, exposed search/filter capabilities, and showed the dataset inventory count from the catalog side rather than the homepage side.

Final URL: https://catalog.data.gov/
Retrieved: 2026-09-17T13:03:17Z
Response: HTTP 200 · text/html
Further links: 10 suggested, not visited

Datagov Metrics Dashboard - Data.gov

https://data.gov/metrics

VISITED + ANALYZED

Why selected: Relevant portal section mentioned in navigation and likely to provide high-value usage and catalog statistics context.

Analysis: A Data.gov metrics dashboard page focused on metrics by organization, with navigation links back to the catalog and other portal sections.

What it added: Confirmed that Data.gov has an operational metrics dashboard and that organization-based metrics are a visible feature of the portal.

Final URL: https://data.gov/metrics/
Retrieved: 2026-09-17T13:03:21Z
Response: HTTP 200 · text/html
Further links: 10 suggested, not visited

Expedition stopped.No follow-up-of-follow-up links were visited.

Compared evidence

Synthesis

What changed

The initial homepage evidence was broadened by following the catalog and metrics pages. This confirmed that Data.gov is not just a static homepage but a connected portal with a dedicated catalog interface and a separate metrics dashboard, both still emphasizing official U.S. government status and dataset discovery.

Confirmed

Data.gov is an official U.S. government open-data portal.
The site promotes a next-generation catalog at catalog.data.gov.
The catalog advertises 559,461 datasets available on Data.gov.
The catalog supports search and filtering, including geographic filtering.
The portal includes a metrics dashboard with metrics by organization.

Still uncertain

The exact contents of the metrics charts or values were not visible in the supplied excerpt.
The full set of datasets, rankings, and featured content on the catalog homepage is not fully visible.
The purpose and contents of the optional CSV links seen in the metrics page excerpt are not confirmed without visiting them.

Suggested future lead · Not visitedhttps://data.gov/open-gov

It is a portal section named in both the homepage and metrics navigation and may provide the strongest adjacent context for the portal’s governance and openness framework.

Not established

Uncertainties

The exact contents and functionality of linked pages are unknown because candidate links were not visited.
The reported dataset count may change over time; only the page-extracted figure is evidence.
The full page structure beyond the excerpt is not visible, so additional sections may exist.

Source boundaries

Provenance

The original source and each successfully retrieved follow-up remain separate. Candidate and suggested links are not represented as visited evidence.

Original: https://data.gov/index.html

Follow-up 1: https://catalog.data.gov/

Follow-up 2: https://data.gov/metrics/

Persistent record

Archive Metadata

Public record ID: CS-20260917-425C82
Archived: 2026-09-17 13:03 UTC
Status: ARCHIVED
Research value: HIGH