The good folks at Directions Magazine today tipped us off that Geodata.gov is open for business.  Geodata.gov was spawned by the “Geospatial One-stop” program.

• “Through the Geospatial One Stop portal (www.geodata.gov), anyone can access geospatial
  information from federal agencies and a growing number of state, local,
  tribal and private agencies through one comprehensive and comprehensible
  portal
• “Advanced information on future investments in geospatial information
  can provide opportunities for collaboration, intergovernmental partnerships
  and reduce needless duplication of data investment
• “Building communities around data categories through the efforts of
  “data stewardship leaders” and teams to seek out and highlight
  new and preeminent ways to utilize geospatial tools
• “In conjunction with FGDC, Geospatial One Stop facilitates standardization
  and intergovernmental agreements on standards and interoperability”

Geodata.gov
doesn't have everything about everywhere  (yet), but it's a solid — and
very rich — data resource that should be high on a reporter's list of
“data sites to check early in the reporting process.”