Finding Government Information during the 2025 Administration Transition

Instantly save the webpage you are currently viewing in the Wayback Machine. Save pages that have not previously been saved. View the first version of a page or the most recently saved. Or view a calendar overview of all archived pages. Plus many other features. Internet Archive.

Join the effort to build a community archive of the signs, exhibits, and texts that could soon disappear from our national parks. Save Our Signs Project and partners.

If you have time to do more, please fill out their volunteer interest form including your interests and skills. Scroll to "How do I join the Data Rescue Project." All levels and backgrounds are welcome to join the effort.

Librarians have started the Tracking Gov Info project to keep track of removed and modified government information and resources, to help the public see the scope of what has been removed or modified, and to point to where preserved copies can be found, if possible. We hope that this effort will supplement the excellent existing projects to track federal data that is being deleted, such as the Data Rescue Project.

Please help us add content to the tracking spreadsheet! If you find a document or resource that's not already on the spreadsheet, please enter it into this form: https://z.umn.edu/missinggovinfo. You can skip any fields in the form that you're not sure about. We can edit your entries on the back end to make them more complete. Feel free to share this project widely with your colleagues or patrons. Thank you for your help compiling this list!

Public access to government data and websites has been increasingly limited after President Donald Trump took office. MuckRock is looking for the inside story of the removal federal government data, with suggestions from you on FOIA requests about federal data removal. MuckRock.

A panel of individuals who have been working to save and share Government information through projects including the Data Rescue Project, End of Term Crawl, PEGI, EDGI, and tools such as LibGuides. This is a recording from the 2025 Spring Depository Library Council meeting. May 1, 2025.

This GODORT webinar, in celebration of Sunshine Week, was held on Wed., March 19, 2025.

Panelists explored the evolving landscape of government transparency and the fundamental role that information access plays in maintaining an accountable democracy. The discussion addressed key topics such as the legal framework behind freedom of information, the obstacles faced by journalists, librarians, researchers, and citizens in securing public records, and the implications of government secrecy on public trust. Sponsored by the Education Committee of the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT).

More about the webinar and panelists

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Public data stakeholders can share news, resources, and data advocacy strategies related to the Federal Statistical System.

LOCKSS = Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe. The Digital Federal Depository Library Program, or the “USDocs” LOCKSS network, is a collaborative preservation network of libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program. The current focus is harvesting and preserving collections hosted on the U.S. Government Publishing Office’s (GPO) govinfo.gov database. See also the (Digital Federal Depository Library Program FAQ). They are always seeking more FDLP libraries willing to participate in the effort.