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US Department of Agriculture Rural Development - Together America Prospers
News Release
Contact: RD.Press@usda.gov
USDA Launches Rural Data Gateway to Strengthen
Partnerships and Expand Access to Resources for People in
Rural America
New Resource Makes It Easier for People to Access Data on USDA-
funded Projects in Rural Communities
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural
Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today unveiled the Rural Data
Gateway, a new resource to make the Department’s data for rural projects easier to
access for its partners and for people living in rural communities.
The Rural Data Gateway will help USDA better target resources to the people who need
them most in rural places. It also will help the Department be a stronger partner to rural
people, entrepreneurs, government officials and other stakeholders.
“The Biden-Harris Administration knows that transparency is important for a free
government,” Torres Small said. “It also drives innovation, accountability, and more
equitable outcomes for rural people everywhere. The Rural Data Gateway will highlight
places where USDA has expanded access to capital for people in rural communities who
need it most. It will demonstrate how Rural Development (RD) funds are being used
across rural America. It will help business owners, farmers and ranchers better
understand where RD resources have helped to modernize infrastructure and create
economic prosperity. It will help rural people see where investments are being made to
expand or improve access to health care, high-speed internet, and safe drinking water in
their communities, and much more.”
The Gateway also showcases USDA Rural Development’s investments that have helped
rural people lower their energy costs; and buy, repair, build and rent affordable places to
call home.
The Rural Data Gateway includes investment dashboards that show how Rural
Development has supported local and regional economies in the last 11 years through 69
programs. The dashboards are easy-to-use tools that highlight critical Rural Development
investments for people in rural America, including projects that have helped people in
socially vulnerable communities access the resources they need. The data will help users
analyze trends across different states, counties, and congressional districts.
The Rural Data Gateway supports USDA’s mission to expand public access to Federal
government data as required by the Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government
Data Act of 2018.
For more information, visit Rural Data Gateway | Rural Development (usda.gov).
Under the Biden-Harris Administration, Rural Development provides loans and grants to
help expand economic opportunities, create jobs and improve the quality of life for millions
of Americans in rural areas. This assistance supports infrastructure improvements;
business development; housing; community facilities such as schools, public safety and
health care; and high-speed internet access in rural, Tribal and high-poverty areas. For
more information, visit www.rd.usda.gov.
USDA touches the lives of all Americans each day in so many positive ways. Under the
Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is transforming America’s food system with a greater
focus on more resilient local and regional food production, promoting competition and
fairer markets for all producers, ensuring access to safe, healthy and nutritious food in all
communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers
using climate-smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments in
infrastructure and clean energy capabilities in rural America, and committing to equity
across the Department by removing systemic barriers and building a workforce more
representative of America. To learn more, visit www.usda.gov.
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