These are primarily meant to help you find information and articles about your topic.
You can search for topics that are relevant to your issue or topic in this repository of government information.
A treasure trove of data made into charts, graphs, and maps often with multiple versions and a write up about the issue. This also has the SDG tracker.
Provides a simply way to broadly search for scholarly literature. You are able to search many disciplines and sources: articles, these, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other web sites.
The site does exactly what it states. It describes how things work.
This site defines more than two million terms, phrases, and acronyms.
Provides detailed and up to date data on the pro and con positions on a host of issues.
Contains numerous videos that are organized by subject.
Organizations & Initiatives that work to Unlock Government Data:
Organizations
OpenTheGovernment.org: This organization advocates for government transparency and accountability, including pushing for open data policies.
Data for Progress: This organization uses data to inform policy decisions and advocate for progressive change.
DataKind: This organization brings together data scientists and nonprofits to solve social problems using data.
Government Initiatives:
Data.gov: See above
Open Government Initiative: This U.S. government initiative promotes transparency, participation, and collaboration in government.
Other Resources:
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): This law allows the public to request access to federal government records.
State Open Records Laws: Many states have their own open records laws, which allow the public to access state and local government records.