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The entire US government
in one SQL query

15 federal datasets — SEC filings, FEC campaign finance, NOAA weather, Census, energy, crime, health, and more. Query it all with Python — no ETL, no data engineering, no infrastructure.

python3

# Who funded the 2024 Senate campaigns?
import askamerica
askamerica.configure(api_key="aa_free_...")
df = askamerica.query("""
  SELECT candidate_name, SUM(contribution_receipt_amount) AS total
  FROM fec.contributions
  WHERE election_year = 2024 AND office = 'S'
  GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC LIMIT 10
""")
print(df)
candidate_name total 0 Jon Tester $12.4M 1 Ted Cruz $9.8M 2 Sherrod Brown $9.1M ... ...

pip install askamerica

Returns a pandas DataFrame

Available datasets

Every major federal
data source, unified

Updated daily from primary government sources. No API keys per dataset — one AskAmerica key accesses everything.

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SEC Filings (EDGAR)

10-K, 10-Q, 8-K filings, XBRL financials, insider transactions, institutional holdings. Updated daily.

sec.*

🗳️

FEC Campaign Finance

Every contribution and expenditure reported to the FEC. Candidates, committees, and PACs.

fec.*

🌦️

NOAA Weather (GHCND)

Daily weather observations from 100,000+ stations worldwide. Temperature, precipitation, snow.

weather.*

📊

Census ACS

American Community Survey 5-year estimates — population, income, housing, demographics at every geography.

census.*

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Economic Indicators

BLS unemployment and CPI, BEA GDP and PCE, Federal Reserve interest rates. Monthly updates.

econ.*

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Federal Register

All federal rules, proposed rules, and notices. Full text, agency metadata, and CFR citations. Daily.

fedregister.*

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CVE Vulnerabilities (NVD)

NIST National Vulnerability Database — CVE records, CVSS scores, and CPE matches. Updated daily.

cyber_vuln.*

⚠️

CISA Known Exploits

CISA's catalog of actively exploited vulnerabilities with remediation due dates. Weekly updates.

cyber_threat.*

⚡

EIA Energy Data

Electricity generation, natural gas, petroleum, and coal by state and fuel type. Monthly.

energy.*

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Health (CDC / CMS)

CDC Wonder, CMS Open Payments, and ClinicalTrials.gov data in one schema. Monthly updates.

health.*

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Education (NCES)

IPEDS college data and Common Core of Data K-12 school statistics. Annual updates.

edu.*

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FBI Crime Statistics

UCR and NIBRS offense data by agency and state. Property crime, violent crime, and more.

crime.*

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Geographic Boundaries

Census TIGER/Line boundaries and FIPS codes for states, counties, tracts, places, and CBSAs.

geo.*

📋

Reference Tables

NAICS/SIC codes, state lookups, country codes — shared dimensions for joining across schemas.

ref.*

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Econ Reference

BLS area, industry, and occupation classification tables for joining with economic series data.

econ_reference.*

How it works

Zero infrastructure.
One pip install.

AskAmerica handles ingestion, formatting, and serving. You write SQL.

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Enter your email. Receive a 6-digit code. No password, no credit card.

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pip install askamerica

Python 3.8+. Installs DuckDB under the hood — no Spark, no Hadoop.

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Write SQL

Query any dataset with standard SQL. Results come back as a pandas DataFrame.

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The entire US governmentin one SQL query

Every major federaldata source, unified

Zero infrastructure.One pip install.

Start free.Scale when you're ready.

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The entire US government
in one SQL query

Every major federal
data source, unified

Zero infrastructure.
One pip install.

Start free.
Scale when you're ready.

Your free API key
in 60 seconds.