Developers were asked: "When Government Data is available, what do you need the most in order to use it efficiently?"

Choices are ranked from "Most Important" to "Not Important"

Government respondents were asked whether they're actively trying to engage with civic application developers to build apps using their organization's data.open data initiative. Responses are grouped by type of government and are presented in % of respondents who selected each option. This questions was not a multi-select.

Respondents were asked to select from 3 options: Yes, No, Unsure
Results are presented by %, for each level of government: federal, state, county and municipal. Sample size: 243

Citizen respondents state their level of awareness of government efforts to launch Open Data initiatives. Survey responses are broken down by government type (Federal, State and Local) and along several dimensions in the respondent pool, including Region, Education Level, Gender and Household (HH) Income.

Respondents who said "Yes, we have a mandate" were then asked to specify how that mandate was enacted.

What makes a datasite effective? Government stakeholder were asked to select from multiple features that make their datasite more effective. Results are presented by feature, shown as a % of respondents, for all government types combined.

What makes a datasite effective? Government stakeholder were asked to select from multiple features that make their datasite more effective. Results are presented by feature, shown as a % of respondents, for all government types combined.

Citizen respondents rank what's most important on a government Open Data site. Survey responses are broken down along several dimensions including, Region, Education Level, Gender and Household (HH) Income.

Government respondents who said "yes" to "are you actively engaging with your constituents as part of your Open Data initiative?" were then asked to specify how they are doing it or planning to do it. Responses are grouped by type of government and are presented in % of respondents who selected each option. This questions was not a multi-select.

Government respondents who said "yes", "Future Plan" or "Unsure" to are you actively engaging with civic application developers?" were then asked what they thought they needed to provide developers with Responses are aggregated by all types of government This questions was not a multi-select.