Government APIs

US Dept. of Defense "Startup" Clearcuts Path To Open Sourcing Pentagon-Developed Software

Software developed by the US government is technically in the public domain. But without clear direction on how to handle the public domain issue or what that means for using an open source license, agencies are often unclear on how to open source software and reap the benefits of re-using code.

News

David Berlind

Government, Open Source

02-13-2018

PSMA Australia's New API Offers Data on Millions of Buildings in Australia
PSMA Predictive Address Verification

PSMA Australia, a public company owned by federal, state and territory governments in Australia and that distributes location data, today announced the release of an API that provides access to data for buildings in Australia. The Buildings API offers data on more than 8.8 million buildings.

Brief

Patricio Robles

Real Estate, Government

01-24-2018

Open Referral Announces Availability of Human Service Data API Protocols
Human Services Data

Open Referral, which develops data standards and open platforms designed to distribute information about community resources, yesterday announced that its Human Service Data API Protocols, "a set of open source protocols for the real-time management of resource directory data", are ready for use.

Brief

Patricio Robles

Government

01-10-2018

Most Popular Government API Categories
FRED Business.gov
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We saw earlier this year that the Government category was one of the most popular API categories within our directory. But what sections of government and what kinds of data are being made available via API? In this article we look at the ten most popular categories related to government APIs.

Research

Wendell Santos

API, Analytics, Currency

01-02-2018

Fannie Mae's New APIs Are Designed to Modernize the Mortgage Lending Industry

The Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae, a government-sponsored enterprise and key player in the secondary mortgage market, is currently beta testing an API platform that it says will “level the playing field” for lenders in the multi-trillion dollar market for mortgages.

Brief

Patricio Robles

Financial, Government

11-09-2017

DarkmindFX Introduces Filings API for Access to SEC-based Financial Data

DarkmindFX introduced an API that streamlines access to company financial data. DarkmindFX started with SEC-regulated companies, specifically the S&P 500. Users can easily access balance sheet and other data from companies' SEC filings. The S&P 500 is the starting point with expansion planned.

Brief

Eric Carter

Financial, Data, Economics

10-31-2017

How to Choose the Best Background Check API
GoodHire

Not all background checks are the same; while the government court data is universal, the mechanisms to access that data vary wildly from automated searches to manual court-runners. This article provides advice on what to look for when choosing an employment screening API vendor.

Sunlight Congress API Sunset Date Extended to September 30
ProPublica Congress

ProPublica has extended the sunset date of the Sunlight Congress API so users will have more time to move their applications to the ProPublica Congress API. ProPublica took over the Sunlight Congress API this past November after Sunlight Foundation announced plans to shut down Sunlight Labs.

Brief

Janet Wagner

Government, Open Data

08-30-2017

How Stalled Obamacare Debate Could Hinder Healthcare API Progress

With Congress in August recess and President Trump on vacation, the debate over Obamacare and whether to leave it, fix it, or repeal it has reached a full stop. The uncertainty about where things will head once the debate resumes is impacting an important corner of the API economy; Healthcare APIs.

Analysis

David Berlind

Healthcare, Government, Standards

08-08-2017

The UK Government Releases Version 2 of its GOV.UK Notify API

A little less than a year after launching a private beta of the UK government's notification platform, GDS has upgraded to v2 of the associated API. GOV.UK Notify is a service that allows the government to text, email, and send letters to citizens and track the progress of such notifications.

Brief

Eric Carter

Government, Email, Notifications

01-11-2017

GovTrack to Shutdown API and Pass the Legislative Data Torch

In 2005, GovTrack paved the way to open legislative data in a structured format. Through years of persistence, GovTrack prompted partner organizations and the government itself to open government data in formats and at a scale never seen before. Now, GovTrack passes its mission to other hands.

Brief

Eric Carter

Government, Open Data

12-13-2016

New Images of Earth Available through NASA's EPIC API

NASA has released a new API (the EPIC API) which provides programmatic access to images pulled from the EPIC camera. EPIC sits upon the DSCOVR satellite and constantly provides images from the Earth's sunlit side. Developers can retrieve images from the camera along with associated metadata.

Brief

Eric Carter

Geography, Government, Images

11-08-2016

Korean Tech Companies Aim to Thwart Google Maps' Expansion into South Korea
Google Maps

Earlier this year, Google requested map data from the Korean government. In response, Korean tech companies Naver and Kakao have increased free limits to their respective maps APIs beyond what Google offers. The government is expected to respond next month but the competition has already started.

Brief

Eric Carter

Mapping, Geography, Government

10-28-2016

How The French Government is Getting Hip to APIs

APIs are the backbone of many government led open data initiatives. France is now joining the ranks of governments providing better and easier services to the public via the use of APIs. API.gouv.gr is an API portal with 15 APIs that allows for the embedding of government services.

On the Web

Wendell Santos

Government

07-03-2016

How Government Meddling and Regulation is Impacting the API Economy
API University

As the API economy continues to grow and the hubris around the opening of banking becomes deafening, this debate provides the backdrop to a dialogue increasingly characterised by the avid interest of government and industry bodies. This need appears to derive from a number of goals.

Analysis

Chris Wood

Healthcare, Government

04-28-2016

How APIs Will Address the Challenges of Holland's Biggest IT Project Ever
API University

While the Dutch are known as open minded, modern and straight forward, their government has been anything but. The arrival of the Environmental Act, the largest government IT challenge in Dutch history, has been an impetus for change and has unleashed a new digital revolution.

Analysis

Dimitri van Hees

Government

02-29-2016

APIdays Australia to Highlight Platforms for Innovation

Global API conference series APIdays will kick off its 2016 international program in Melbourne when APIdays Australia is held on March 1 & 2. The conference has a particularly strong range of international and local speakers talking about the uptake of APIs in government, health and fintech.

News

Mark Boyd

Events, Banking, Financial

02-24-2016

White House Calls for Dev Feedback to Improve We The People Petition Platform

The Office of Digital Strategy recently published a blog post calling on developers and designers to provide feedback on the We The People project. The petition platform was launched in 2011 and has since facilitated millions of petition signatures, White House responses, and new legislation.

Brief

Eric Carter

Government

02-20-2016

How Devs Benefit From the New U.S. Government-Wide Digital Registry API
API University USA.gov Social Media Registry

A look at the new U.S. General Servisces Administration's Digital Registry API which compiles all 6,000+ social media accounts managed by U.S. Government agencies, and a look at six ways external developers can make use of the API to build innovative products and create new analytics services.1

How-To

Mark Boyd

Government, Analytics, Dashboards

02-01-2016

How NPR and The New York Times Built an API to Make Election Reporting Faster
Associated Press

With The AP releasing an updated version of its Elections API earlier this year, news organisations across the US now have faster access to elections race information. This led NPR and the NY Times to improve on their legacy FTP system by building a new API for accessing AP information faster.

On the Web

Martin W Brennan

Politics, Application Development, Government

12-29-2015

How the State of Arizona Used APIs to Drive Change
API University

Taking inspiration from enterprises that adopt an API-first culture, the new IT leadership team for the state of Arizona defined their strategy, changed the culture and built a cloud-based digital platform that leverages APIs to drive digital transformation of a decentralized enterprise.

On the Web

Martin W Brennan

Enterprise, API Strategy, Business

12-13-2015

When It Is Not a Good Time for APIs: Voices Against Mandatory APIs in Healthcare
Human

Electronic health records management policy makers in the United States want to see APIs become a mandatory standard. But several leadership voices in the healthcare and IT industry, including Dr John Halamka from the Beth Israel Medical Center, say it is too early for APIs to take a central role.

News

Mark Boyd

Healthcare, Government, Health

12-04-2015

Why Transparency Matters for Government API Strategies
API University

A recent release by the UK’s Revenue and Customs Department has moved the needle on how Governments release APIs. Could SLAs be available next?

Analysis

Mark Boyd

Government, API Strategy, Contracts

10-14-2015

How Indiana’s Legislative Site Foiled Attempts to Scrape It
Sunlight Foundation Open States

While attempting to provide legislative information to the public, the Sunlight Foundation encountered some technical obstacles while scraping bill data from Indiana’s website.

On the Web

Martin W Brennan

Open Data, Government

08-30-2015

Daily API RoundUp: NAO Robot, Open Movie Database, Sidekick
Sidekick BetterDoctor
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Eleven APIs have been added to ProgrammableWeb today in such categories as Robots, Government, and Reference. Here's a summary of what is new to the directory.

Brief

Joy Culbertson

Robots, Government

08-27-2015

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US Dept. of Defense "Startup" Clearcuts Path To Open Sourcing Pentagon-Developed Software

PSMA Australia's New API Offers Data on Millions of Buildings in Australia
PSMA Predictive Address Verification

Open Referral Announces Availability of Human Service Data API Protocols
Human Services Data

Most Popular Government API Categories
FRED Business.gov
More Related
US Census Bureau
Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data
Library of Congress Data Exploration

Fannie Mae's New APIs Are Designed to Modernize the Mortgage Lending Industry

DarkmindFX Introduces Filings API for Access to SEC-based Financial Data

How to Choose the Best Background Check API
GoodHire

Sunlight Congress API Sunset Date Extended to September 30
ProPublica Congress

How Stalled Obamacare Debate Could Hinder Healthcare API Progress

The UK Government Releases Version 2 of its GOV.UK Notify API

GovTrack to Shutdown API and Pass the Legislative Data Torch

New Images of Earth Available through NASA's EPIC API

Korean Tech Companies Aim to Thwart Google Maps' Expansion into South Korea
Google Maps

How The French Government is Getting Hip to APIs

How Government Meddling and Regulation is Impacting the API Economy
API University

How APIs Will Address the Challenges of Holland's Biggest IT Project Ever
API University

APIdays Australia to Highlight Platforms for Innovation

White House Calls for Dev Feedback to Improve We The People Petition Platform

How Devs Benefit From the New U.S. Government-Wide Digital Registry API
API University USA.gov Social Media Registry

How NPR and The New York Times Built an API to Make Election Reporting Faster
Associated Press

How the State of Arizona Used APIs to Drive Change
API University

When It Is Not a Good Time for APIs: Voices Against Mandatory APIs in Healthcare
Human

Why Transparency Matters for Government API Strategies
API University

How Indiana’s Legislative Site Foiled Attempts to Scrape It
Sunlight Foundation Open States

Daily API RoundUp: NAO Robot, Open Movie Database, Sidekick
Sidekick BetterDoctor
More Related
OMDb
NAOqi Core
NAOqi Motion
NAOqi Audio
NAOqi Vision
NAOqi Sensors
NAOqi Trackers
NAOqi DCM
Zip Code to USEAC