Government Information: FDLP and More

There are many individuals, organizations, and community-based efforts to capture and preserve data in early 2025. You can find the efforts with their collecting scopes. This list was developed from the original Data Rescue Google Doc.

a collaborative tool built to catalog existing public data rescue efforts so that they can coordinate better across initiatives. At this stage, you can use the tool to help reduce duplication of rescue efforts. The Data Rescue Tracker aims to provide a consolidated overview of who is downloading which dataset from which government websites.

The Project is "a coordinated effort among a group of data organizations, including IASSIST, RDAP, and members of the Data Curation Network. Our 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."

There are many individuals, organizations, and community-based resources that document and assist with rescuing efforts. You will find the list of tools, data sources, library guides, and articles with their associated scopes. This list was developed from the original Data Rescue Google Doc. Please email suggestions to datarescueproject@protonmail.com.