CIVX

CIVX.us is an Opensource Public Information System. We provide open datasets and API's for developers and researchers for free, in free formats.

CIVX Tour

CIVX is a open source public data aggregation framework that focuses on government transparency and transitioning raw data into open and index-able formats. Our core platform is designed to simplify the process of modeling, scraping, scrubbing, correlating, and visualizing raw data.

This tour is intended to point out the types of information that CIVX aggregates as well as the nuance of the interface, please feel free to contact us with any questions.

Front Page

The CIVX Landing page outlines our mission and technical requirements. From here you can access the CIVX Navigation Menu on the left side of the page. The navigation contains three top tier items; State, Federal, and Feeds.

  • State contains information related to state specific datasets, primarily focusing on NYS which was our initial case study.
  • Federal contains three items:
    • US Code
    • Federal Officials
    • Stimulus - StimulusWatch.org Grid
  • Feeds contain syndicated website updates from governmental entities, transparency organizations, and other government related projects