Open Data Policy Collection

Find some inspiration from our collection of over 140 local and state open data policies from around the country.

Our Collection includes policies from 109 local and 12 state governments — 62 of which recieved assistance from or used the resources of Sunlight’s Open Cities team.

Browse our collection of open data policies:

by date of adoption alphabetically by place name

or select a location from the map below:


Many of the policies have text that meets some of our Open Data Policy Guidelines. Explore the Guidelines to see matching text for each guideline.

Do you know of an open data policy that’s not listed here? Let us know!