Example SAS code bringing in data from a Socrata Open Data Portal (open.whitehouse.gov in this case). Output can be seen at http://imgur.com/m6ozopR

gistfile1.sas

filename datain url
	'http://open.whitehouse.gov/resource/i9g8-9web.csv?$limit=50000';

proc import datafile=datain out=whsalaries dbms=csv replace;
	getnames=yes;

/* proc print data=whsalaries; */

proc means;

proc boxplot data=whsalaries;
	plot Salary*Pay_Basis;


proc freq data=whsalaries;
	tables Status Pay_Basis Position_Title / nocum;

run;

/* OUTPUT: http://imgur.com/m6ozopR */