Disappearing Federal Data

The Data Rescue Project curates a continuously expanding list of crowd-sourced initiatives and resources dedicated to preserving and ensuring access to important data—think of it as a digital library that keeps growing with contributions from researchers like you. They welcome suggestions to help strengthen their archive. You can stay updated and connect with them on BlueSky (the X/Twitter alternative) at bsky.app/profile/datarescueproject.org

**Restored CDC: A volunteer-led initiative that has recreated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website as it appeared on January 20, 2017. This project aims to restore public access to health data that was altered or removed due to executive orders from the Trump administration concerning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and gender identity. 

End of Term Archive: A project by the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine that captures and preserves government websites before presidential inaugurations, ensuring long-term access to historical web content.

GovWayback Archive: How It Works – Simply insert "wayback.com" immediately after ".gov" in any government website URL to be redirected to the Wayback Machine’s archived version of the page.

The Harvard Innovation Lab at the Harvard Law School Library is actively preserving datasets from sources such as Data.gov, PubMed, and more.

The Data Liberation Project aims to unlock government datasets and databases. Use this form to submit your suggestions.

The Health Data Preservation Project is a collaboration of news nonprofits and journalists dedicated to preserving health data and information formerly accessible on government websites.

IPUMS (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series) is dedicated to preserving and providing access to census and survey data from across the globe.

**Data Refuge is a project led by the University of Pennsylvania that archives and safeguards climate and environmental data from federal agencies.

Climate Mirror is an open project dedicated to mirroring public climate datasets. It focuses on backing up data from U.S. federally funded research, including datasets from agencies like NOAA, EPA, and NASA, to protect against potential data loss.