Search Open MissouriThe Missouri Office of Administration is developing a new online portal at data.mo.gov to provide access to data from state agencies.
Data.mo.gov currently holds 16 data sets, including 2010 State Expenditures, County Sheriff’s Offices and Credit Unions.
“It is still being developed and populated with information,” Wanda Seeney, public information officer for the Office of Administration said in an email. “When it is launched, it will replace our current site, mo.gov/data.”
On the new site, users can generate data in machine-readable formats that researchers and developers will find easier to use, Seeney said.
For example, users can export data to Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, delimited text files, XML and other formats. Web developers can access data through an application programming interface (API). In addition, users can visualize data as a map or chart.
The Office of Administration is using the Socrata open data platform to host the data. Socrata has a contract with the state that runs through the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30, and has been paid around $7,460 so far, state records say.
A number of other governments have contracted with Socrata to provide their open data platforms: Data.Gov, which is the federal government’s data portal, as well as the United Nations Development Programme, New York City, and the City of Chicago.
Some of the governments using Socrata, such as Oregon, allow users to suggest data sets that should be posted. Unfortunately, Missouri’s site does not invite suggestions from the public. The only opportunity for users to interact is via a help form link.
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