The Socrata Social Data Discovery solution is for federal government agencies that need to transform raw data, contained in large departmental databases, into "finished good" datasets that can be easily consumed by an online community. Using cutting edge data consumption and publishing technologies, Socrata promotes civic engagement, enabling an online community of journalists, policy makers, scientists, and citizens to visualize data and engage in discussion with one another.
here's a lot of great information out there about politics — votes, lobbying records, campaign finance reports. Unfortunately, it's split across a dozen different web sites and often hidden behind confusing interfaces. We're pulling all of that together and letting you explore it in one elegant, unified interface. (Plus, we're sharing all the results so you can come up with new ways to explore it.)
CKAN is a powerful data management system that makes data accessible – by providing tools to streamline publishing, sharing, finding and using data. CKAN is aimed at data publishers (national and regional governments, companies and organizations) wanting to make their data open and available.