Government — scored on the SourceScore Index

30 sources in the government category, ranked by SourceScore Index. Average Index across this category: 91.

1. #1
   U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

   sec.gov

   Primary-source regulator publishing every public-company filing (13F, 10-K, 8-K, etc.) since 1934.
   A+·96
2. #2
   U.S. National Institutes of Health

   nih.gov

   U.S. federal medical research agency operating PubMed, NCBI, MedlinePlus, and trial registries.
   A+·95
3. #3
   Federal Reserve System

   federalreserve.gov

   U.S. central bank; primary source for monetary policy + economic data + financial-system statistics.
   A+·95
4. #4
   U.S. Census Bureau

   census.gov

   Federal statistical agency for U.S. demographic + economic data; primary-source decennial census + ACS surveys.
   A·94
5. #5
   U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

   bls.gov

   Federal statistical agency for U.S. labor + price data; CPI, employment, unemployment, productivity.
   A·94
6. #6
   U.S. Food and Drug Administration

   fda.gov

   Federal agency for food + drug + medical-device safety; primary-source approvals + safety alerts.
   A·94
7. #7
   U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

   cdc.gov

   Federal agency for U.S. public-health surveillance + disease prevention; primary-source MMWR + WONDER data.
   A·94
8. #8
   U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

   noaa.gov

   Federal scientific agency for weather + ocean + climate data; primary-source forecasts + climate research.
   A·93
9. #9
   European Central Bank

   ecb.europa.eu

   EU central bank; primary source for euro-area monetary policy + financial-system data.
   A·93
10. #10
    NASA

    nasa.gov

    U.S. space agency; primary source for space exploration + Earth science + aeronautics research.
    A·93
11. #11
    European Commission

    ec.europa.eu

    EU executive branch publishing primary-source policy + statistics + legislation.
    A·92
12. #12
    Bank of England

    bankofengland.co.uk

    UK central bank; primary source for sterling monetary policy + financial-stability data since 1694.
    A·92
13. #13
    U.S. Energy Information Administration

    eia.gov

    Federal energy statistical agency; primary source for U.S. + international energy data + projections.
    A·92
14. #14
    European Medicines Agency

    ema.europa.eu

    EU agency for evaluation + supervision of medicinal products; primary-source EU drug approvals.
    A·91
15. #15
    U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

    uspto.gov

    Federal agency granting U.S. patents + trademarks; primary-source patent + trademark database.
    A·91
16. #16
    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    usda.gov

    Federal agriculture agency; primary source for U.S. food, farm, and rural-development data + research.
    A·91
17. #17
    U.S. Geological Survey

    usgs.gov

    Federal scientific agency for earth sciences; primary source for geology + hydrology + earthquake data.
    A·91
18. #18
    OECD

    oecd.org

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; international economic data + policy research.
    A·91
19. #19
    FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

    fred.stlouisfed.org

    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis economic data infrastructure; ~800k+ data series.
    A·91
20. #20
    IPCC

    ipcc.ch

    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — primary global climate-science assessment body since 1988.
    A·91
21. #21
    World Health Organization

    who.int

    U.N. agency for international public health; primary-source global health data + policy.
    A·89
22. #22
    World Trade Organization

    wto.org

    International organization for trade rules + trade-statistics; primary source for trade-policy data.
    A·89
23. #23
    World Bank

    worldbank.org

    International financial institution publishing global development + economic data + research.
    A·88
24. #24
    Eurostat

    ec.europa.eu/eurostat

    EU statistical office providing harmonized data across all 27 member states + candidate countries.
    A·88
25. #25
    ONS (UK)

    ons.gov.uk

    UK Office for National Statistics — primary source for British economic, demographic, social data.
    A·87
26. #26
    International Monetary Fund

    imf.org

    International monetary cooperation organization; World Economic Outlook + IFS database; research arm.
    A·86
27. #27
    UNESCO

    en.unesco.org

    U.N. agency for education, science, and culture; primary source for education + cultural-heritage data.
    A·86
28. #28
    European Space Agency

    esa.int

    European intergovernmental space agency; primary source for European space + earth-observation missions.
    A·86
29. #29
    BEA

    bea.gov

    US Bureau of Economic Analysis — primary source for GDP, personal income, trade, and BOP statistics.
    A·86
30. #30
    Statistics Canada

    statcan.gc.ca

    Canada's national statistical agency, founded 1971; primary source for Canadian economic + demographic data.
    B·82