Our Vision

We built Crystal with a simple but powerful belief: government data belongs to everyone, but too often it remains locked away in difficult-to-access systems, scattered across agencies, or buried in complex formats.

We envision a world where public data is truly public; where citizens, researchers, journalists, students, businesses, and consultants - yes, even consultants - can easily find, understand, and use the wealth of information our government collects. Transparency isn't just a buzzword; it's the foundation of an informed democracy.

The Road Ahead

Crystal begins with search, but our ambitions stretch further. We're ultimately building a platform that enables anyone to find, understand, and use public data. Roadmap ideas include:

• U.S. government data from more sources besides just data.gov
• International government data from sources like the World Bank and OECD
• APIs that enable developers to build applications using public data
• An analysis tool that takes search results and actually analyzes them for you
• Educational resources to improve data literacy
• Collaborative features for researchers and journalists
• Advocacy for better open data practices in government

Join Our Mission

We're building Crystal for you: citizens, researchers, journalists, students, consultants, businesses, and anyone else who believes in the power of accessible public data.

Your feedback shapes our product. Your use cases inspire our features. And your support fuels our mission.

Together, we can transform how society interacts with public information.

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