Did you know that nearly 200,000 data sets from the U.S. government are free and available to the public? Consider Data USA the Google search for all those bureaucratic docs: a straightforward and fully searchable site that’s easy to navigate and explore. To add a bit of visual flair, splash images on all the profile pages are crowdsourced from Flickr Creative Commons. Data USA puts public US Government data in your hands. Instead of searching through multiple data sources that are often incomplete and difficult to access, you can simply point to Data USA to answer your questions. Data USA provides an open, easy-to-use platform that turns data into knowledge. It allows millions of people to conduct their own analyses and create their own stories about America – its people, places, industries, skill sets and educational institutions. Ultimately, accelerating society’s ability to learn and better understand itself.