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Sign on today to the Preservation of Government Information call to action!
Last month, the Internet Archive hosted the 2026 Information Stewardship Forum, which convened a diverse group of practitioners, including librarians, technologists, data consumers, and archivists, dedicated to preserving and expanding access to public and open U.S. government information and data. This cross-sector gathering fostered dialogue and shared understanding by clarifying preservation priorities, mapping existing efforts, […]
Watch Lynda Kellam’s data rescue keynote at 2026 Research Libraries UK conference
Lynda Kellam, the Snyder-Granader Director of Research Data and Digital Scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries and a co-founder of the Data Rescue Project, gave the keynote address at last month’s 2026 Research Libraries UK conference. She noted that “public data are a public good!” and engagingly showed why that’s the case, and why […]
New CDT report highlighting the importance of data privacy for federally-held data
The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) released a new report and series of resources today that highlight the importance of data privacy for federally-held data. The report shows, among other things, that an overwhelming majority of Americans are concerned about the privacy and security of their personal data that is held by the government. […]
The Trump administration is disappearing climate change data
Our friend from the Environmental Data Governance Initiative (EDGI), Gretchen Gehrke, just wrote an extremely important op-ed for The Hill. It is a succinct but powerful statement about what the Trump administration is doing to destroy the accessibility of federal data and the long-standing trust of the federal statistical ecosystem. I hope all of our […]
FGI’s comment on GPO’s draft policy on preservation (SOD-PPS-4-2026)
March 29, 2026 / 3 Comments on FGI’s comment on GPO’s draft policy on preservation (SOD-PPS-4-2026)
GPO has asked for comments on its draft of a new version of its policy statement SOD-PPS-4-2026, “Permanent Public Access to U.S. Government Public Information through Preservation” which will supercede SOD-PPS-2016-4 (effective July 5, 2016). Unfortunately, the comment form had a 4000 character limit, so below is FGI’s complete comment. This policy implies that there […]
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