A community-maintained commons for public data — catalogs that map where authoritative datasets live, and monitor whether they stay reachable.
The Almanac doesn't host data. Each vertical is a small, version-controlled catalog of public datasets — canonical source, how to access it, license, and a daily check that flags anything that goes dark. When a government dataset moves or quietly disappears, the catalog is the map that survives.
| Catalog | Domain | Datasets |
|---|---|---|
| agriculture-almanac | Agriculture — USDA, NASS | 1 |
| civic-almanac | Civic & government — USAspending, FEC, Federal Register | 6 |
| climate-almanac | Climate — NOAA, NASA, NSIDC | 17 |
| economy-almanac | Economics & labor — BEA, Census, Treasury | 7 |
| education-almanac | Education — NCES, state agencies | 1 |
| energy-almanac | Energy — EIA, FERC, NREL | 1 |
| environment-almanac | Environment — EPA, USGS | 7 |
| health-almanac | Public health — CDC, WHO | 6 |
| justice-almanac | Justice — BJS, FBI UCR, courts | 1 |
| science-almanac | Science & research — NSF, NASA science | 1 |
| transportation-almanac | Transportation — DOT, FAA, BTS | 1 |
Every catalog is built from almanac-template — click Use this template, edit one config file, and you have a self-validating, self-monitoring catalog. See the template's SETUP.md.
Pick a good first issue in any catalog — each is a single dataset to add, and you don't need to write code to suggest one. We catalog the map; the data stays where it lives.
The Almanac — data preservation & monitoring.