The U.S. Department of Labor has launched a modern open data portal at data.dol.gov , making it more transparent and efficient for users to access data related to the American workforce. The portal helps bring the department into alignment with the OPEN Government Data Act of 2019 and the Federal Data Strategy established during President Trump’s first administration.
“The department’s new data portal is a significant improvement, featuring better integration with other federal data sources and enhanced artificial intelligence compatibility for finding, visualizing and using data,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer. “This is a win for everyone – from data scientists and researchers to journalists and the general public – who want to understand our department’s work and enforcement actions. The new portal is a realization of our vision for truly open data at the department.”
The new portal will replace the department’s antiquated and cumbersome enforcement data page, which will be decommissioned on Feb. 23. Unlike the older page, which included only enforcement data from five agencies, the new portal will include a wider variety of data from many agencies, including:
- National weekly unemployment insurance claims data from the Employment and Training Administration.
- Federal contractor veteran employment data from the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service.
- County-level data on childcare prices from the Women’s Bureau.
The portal also includes a data visualization gallery and a modern Application Programming Interface. This API will enable data users and developers to access data through customized requests. Since the portal soft-launched in October 2024, more than 1,400 users have registered for a free API account and queried the API over 5 million times
In the coming year, the department plans to enhance the portal’s search capability, expand data sets, ensure AI integration, and add more tools to help users interact with the data. Explore the new data portal, watch video tutorials and find answers to frequently asked questions at data.dol.gov .