LibGuides: Archived Government Data 111: Archived and Rescued Government Data

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Data Rescue Project
The Data Rescue Project is a coordinated effort among a group of data organizations, including IASSIST, RDAP, and members of the Data Curation Network. The goal is to serve as a clearinghouse for data rescue-related efforts and data access points for public US governmental data that are currently at risk. We want to know what is happening in the community so that we can coordinate focus. Efforts include: data gathering, data curation and cleaning, data cataloging, and providing sustained access and distribution of data assets.
End of Term Web Archive
The End of Term Web Archive captures and saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations. The EOT has thus far preserved websites from administration changes in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020. 2024 is a work in progress
The Internet Archive / Wayback Machine
The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, people with print disabilities, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge.
Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab - Archive of Data.gov
This is a regularly updated mirror of all data files linked from data.gov. The repository is maintained by the Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab as part of our project to preserve U.S. federal public data.
ICPSR
ICPSR is an international consortium of more than 810 academic institutions and research organizations. ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.
publicdata
Archives of Public Data Sets
Datalumos
DataLumos is an ICPSR archive for valuable government data resources. ICPSR has a long commitment to safekeeping and disseminating US government and other social science data. DataLumos accepts deposits of public data resources from the community and recommendations of public data resources that ICPSR itself might add to DataLumos

Specialized sources

The Climate Mirror Project
The Climate Mirror Project is trying to mirror and safely archive U.S. Govt. websites and datasets related to climate, climate change, and global warming. This is an ongoing effort and ideally it should be completed before the Trump Administration takes office.
Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI)
The Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI) is a research collaborative and network of diverse professionals promoting evidence-based policy-making and public interest science that advances the Environmental Right-to-Know (ERTK)
Public Environmental Data Partners
The Public Environmental Data Partners are committed to preserving and providing public access to federal environmental data. We are a volunteer coalition of several environmental, justice, and policy organizations, researchers across several universities, archivists, and students who rely on federal datasets and tools to support critical research, advocacy, policy, and litigation work.
Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
Centralized repository of datasets aggregated from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Programs, Offices, and National Laboratories.
**This site is run by NREL. Consequently, this may be removed at some point**
CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025
An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.

University of Michigan
This guide will point to resources that identify and track steps taken by the Trump administration and Congress to scale back or eliminate access to federal government information. It also provides links to groups performing data and website rescue.
Saint Louis University
Directory of where to find preserved data/websites / resources for finding data/websites
University of Virginia
A guide linking to trusted repositories that have rescued U.S. government data
Butler University
This guide contains both alternative sources for government data as well as links to archived datasets and resources removed from government websites.

Privately funded data rescue of Forest Inventory and Analysis data.

Please inquire with Amy Schuler for availability.