If you’re a government employee – or a member of the government 2.0 community – you have to be on GovLoop. Socrata and GovLoop have teamed up to bring you relevant public sector data that’s sortable, searchable, filterable, and can be published anywhere on the web.

To view the data, sign in and click on the resources tab for “Data.GovLoop”.

So what datasets are on the site? I’m glad you asked…

Web 2.0 Policies and Best Practices
Links to governance policies related to Web 2.0 technologies and social media. Included policies: blogging, comments, internet usage, and general guidance.

Domestic Per Diem Rates
FY 2010 federal per diem rates, effective October 1.

Discounts for Government Employees
Find great holiday deals only available to the public sector!

General Scheduled Rates of Pay for 2009
General Scheduled Rates of Pay for 2009 from US Office of Personnel Management. The locality pay areas and definitions for 2009 are the same as those in effect in 2008.

Top 100 Recipients of Federal Contracts
The contracts database is compiled from the FPDS-NG system. The data housed on USASpending.gov is provided by Federal agencies.

Employee Satisfaction of Large and Small agencies, as well as agency subcomponents
The overall index score measures the performance of agencies and agency subcomponents related to employee satisfaction and commitment.

Government Acronyms and Abbreviations
’nuff said.

GovLoop Member Directory, as well as the community’s favorite quotes

We’ll continue to add new datasets to data.GovLoop, and if you have any recommendations of data you would like to see, please leave a comment below.