U.S. Government Information: Preservation/Transparency

Tracks projects working to save data in the second Trump administration. See also, their Bluesky account and original crowd-sourced google document for additional information.

Works to preserve data and web pages from EPA, DOE, NOAA, OSHA, NASA, USDA, DOI, and USGS. Monitors federal websites for changes made to environmental content.

Captures and saves U.S. federal websites at the end of presidential administrations, since 2008.

Internet Archive collection of Education Resources Information Center documents.

Provides cross-search for datasets across various sites, including archive.org CDC mirror, Harvard Dataverse, Data Rescue Project, Climate Program Portal, Harvard's data.gov mirror, and Data Lumos.

Great library guide from American University. Provides guidance on locating data and websites that have been deleted, and comparing versions of a website to identify edits. Additional pages offer resources for archived data and websites, advocacy organizations, data rescue activists' tools, and alternative sources for data. (Note: the "alternative sources" links are subscription tools for that library's users. UCSD users should review our library's list of similar resources for access.)

Serves as a regularly updated mirror of all data files linked from data.gov.

Offers a list of non-government data alternatives and archives.

Lets you view captured images of websites, or capture websites yourself. Useful for viewing old versions of certain websites.

Works toward progressive policy changes, with emphasis on internet freedom, open government, and political finance reform.

Nonpartisan organization that "investigates and exposes waste, corruption, abuse of power, and when the government fails to serve the public or silences those who report wrongdoing."

Works "to increase government transparency, litigating more significant open government cases than any organization in the country."

Works to make government more transparent and accountable.