Federal Data Field Guide

The Federal Data Field Guide is a free resource that explains how data collection works across the federal government. The guide addresses a gap: many people want to use federal data but lack basic literacy about the government's collection methodologies, regulatory contexts, and data categories. In this resource, animals serve as conceptual frameworks for the various types of federal data in the ecosystem, including statistical data, administrative data, geospatial data, accountability data, scientific research data, and navigation and reference data. The Federal Data Field Guide provides context and practical use cases that make researchers and journalists more sophisticated users of government information.