# Open Civic Data

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/open-civic-data/  
**Provider:** Public Sector — https://apis.io/providers/public-sector/  
**Documentation:** https://opencivicdata.readthedocs.io

Open Civic Data is one of 21 APIs that [Public Sector](https://apis.io/providers/public-sector/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Civic Tech, Standards, Identifiers, OCD-ID, and Jurisdictions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

Open Civic Data is a community-maintained set of specifications and shared identifiers for civic information — Open Civic Data Division Identifiers (OCD-IDs) for political geographies, plus normalized models for jurisdictions, organizations, people, posts, memberships, bills, votes, and events. Underlies OpenStates' scrapers, Google's Civic Information API, and many state/local civic data pipelines.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://opencivicdata.readthedocs.io
- **GitHubOrganization** — https://github.com/opencivicdata
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/opencivicdata/ocd-division-ids
- **Specification** — https://github.com/opencivicdata/docs.opencivicdata.org

## Other Public Sector APIs (12)

- [api.data.gov](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/apidatagov/)
- [data.gov (CKAN catalog)](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/datagov-ckan-catalog/)
- [Regulations.gov API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/regulationsgov-api/)
- [Federal Register API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/federal-register-api/)
- [GovInfo API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/govinfo-api/)
- [SAM.gov APIs](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/samgov-apis/)
- [USAspending.gov API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/usaspendinggov-api/)
- [Treasury Fiscal Data API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/treasury-fiscal-data-api/)
- [Congress.gov API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/congressgov-api/)
- [FEC openFEC API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/fec-openfec-api/)
- [api.weather.gov (NOAA NWS)](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/apiweathergov-noaa-nws/)
- [api.nasa.gov](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/apinasagov/)

## Tags

Civic Tech, Standards, Identifiers, OCD-ID, Jurisdictions

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