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US Government Department Websites

Government departments keep data that is open access
Department of State

Department of Agriculture

Department of Education
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Department of Justice

Department of Health and Human Services
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​Department of Defense

Department of Labor

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Department of the Treasury

Department of Veteran's Affairs
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Department of Commerce
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Department of the Interior

Department of Energy

Department of Transportation


Government Data Sources

Here are just a few of the many government websites with data. This Wikipedia list of agencies under the respective departments may also help you find the site with the data you seek List of Federal Agencies in the US. Also realize that individual states often have the same departments, so you can Google search to find those sites with state-level data. Some are even more local - the government websites can be a gold mine of data.
USA.gov/statistics 
Data and Statistics, historic documents, and more

data.gov 
US Government open data

congress.gov
Resources from Congress

supremecourt.gov
Supreme Court case data

SCOTUS blog
Information about cases and opinions

Library of Congress

Federal Communications Commission

Find consumer complaint data and more here

National Park Service
census.gov
data and more from the census

www.cia.gov/library/publications
CIA Factbook, maps, and other information

epa.gov , archive.epa.gov, 19january2017snapshot.epa.gov
Environmental Protection Agency information and data

​healthdata.gov
Datasets involving health and human services

science.gov
Federal science information

FBI.gov

Data about crimes like terrorism, workplace violence, and more

Federal Aviation Administration
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International and other Data Sources

World Health Organization

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

MIT Data Visualization

USA Facts

European Open Data Portal

data.gov.uk
UK data by theme

NHS Digital

UK health and care services data

Open Government Canada
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last updated November 13, 2020