Finding Government Information during the 2025 Administration Transition

Provides a user-friendly gateway to over 1,100 public datasets from 80+ government offices. The portal eliminates the need to search across disparate sources, making critical data more accessible than ever. The Data Rescue Project is a coordinated effort among a group of data organizations including DataLumos, IASSIST, RDAP, and members of the Data Curation Network. The DRP serves as a clearinghouse for data rescue-related efforts and data access points for public US governmental data that are currently at risk. See what data is currently being saved with their new Data Rescue Tracker. Follow on Data Rescue Project - Bluesky Social.

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.

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. They have an older version of many major datasets, including some from the CDC. This is the main repository for Data Rescue Project's data with added data from FEMA, the Department of Education, and IMLS.

Explore more than 928 billion web pages saved over time. Install the Official Wayback Machine Extension to easily save websites, view missing 404 Not Found pages, or read archived books and papers. Internet Archive.

The Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Web Archive. Harvested by Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) and U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO). The FDLP was established by Congress in 1895 to provide free, permanent public access to federal government information. GPO administers the FDLP on behalf of the participating libraries and the American people. To provide permanent public access to federal agency web content, the FDLP harvests selected U.S. Government web sites in their entirety. Access to these sites is made available through links in the online public access catalog, the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.

Files in this repository were collected intermittently between 2024-11-19 and 2025-02-06. Beginning on 2025-02-06, the repository will be updated daily. Announcing the Data.gov Archive
Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab.

An offloading point and information depot for a number of archiving projects, all related to saving websites or data that is in danger of being lost, including archiving the federal government. They maintain US Government data page.

Gathers data, builds tools and collaborates with reporters to provide access to public records. Some projects have been archived by the Stanford Digital Repository, which ensures their long-term preservation.

The tool has an interactive map and uses datasets that are indicators of burdens communities experience in eight categories: climate change, energy, health, housing, legacy pollution, transportation, water and wastewater, and workforce development. This tool has been downloaded and rehosted in advance of the Trump administration's takedown of this invaluable website and data resource. Article

A reddit community that is coordinating efforts to rescue data.

An index of resources and archives related to data hoarding, web archival and self hosting. It was inspired by the recent purge of online information by government agencies, corporations and others, and aims to provide easier access to tools and information.

An initiative to identify, obtain, reformat, clean, document, publish, and disseminate government datasets of public interest.

In response to political threats to social, environmental, health, and personal data, the University of Washington Center for Advances in Libraries, Museums, and Archives (CALMA) in collaboration with Seattle-based BKS Studio, is hosting a series of DATA RESCUE efforts.

A dynamic, open-source reference library for anyone using design, data, and technology to improve and enhance government service delivery.

An open data publishing platform and a community committed to the open availability and routine re-use of all research data. Generalist repository available to help with data publication, storage, and preservation.

This search tool provides links for data that have been downloaded from federal, state, and local agencies. Boston University School of Public Health.

Tracks the activities of the United States Congress.

Access historical versions of U.S. government websites from before January 20, 2025 with a simple URL change. Relies on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

Maintains a data archive of more than 350,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 23 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields. The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is an American political science and social science research consortium, based at the University of Michigan.

Direct link to Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) archived data in DataLumos.

The IPUMS Center for Data Integration, based at the University of Minnesota, provides census and survey data from around the world. Find microdata from the U.S. Decennial Census, the American Community Survey (ACS), and the Current Population Survey. As part of their standard procedures, they download and preserve original data from U.S. statistical agencies that serve as the source data for IPUMS. Since Fri., Jan. 31, 2025, several organizations (and individuals) have downloaded many other public federal datasets. There are efforts underway to catalog and make these data available.

Provides a repository of hundreds of thousands of pages of original government materials, information on how to file FOIA requests and tools to make the requesting process easier. Fill out their form to suggest FOIAs based on missing data sets.

For reference; many of the tools no longer are supported.

Web-based online data and mapping application that provides access to thousands of indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more. Offers a free tier that can be used to view basic information down to the tract-level, but more detailed data and functionality requires a subscription. Purged Federal Agency Data Available.

Has collected over 50,000 files (datasets and documentation) from 22 federal survey projects. Efforts to this point have been focused on acquiring the files and ensuring backup copies are preserved on multiple servers. Cornell University.

Based in the EU, USA, and globally - this initiative has access to 1-2 PB (and more on the way) of storage & people willing to seed. Have several large-scale efforts, including a 350GB web archive of CDC, including all 30.000 files from archive.cdc.gov and much more. There is a forum you can join.

This platform provides convenient access to public datasets that are frequently used in academic research and education at the University of Chicago. University of Chicago Library and Data Science Institute.

Has archived a large number of government sites both independently and as one of the End of Term Archive partners. Webrecorder US Government Web Archive is web archiving with Browsertrix.

An open dissemination research data repository for the preservation and making available of research, educational and informational content. Access to Zenodo’s content is open to all, for non-military purposes only. CERN.