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Federal government shutdown (10/1/2025)
The federal government has shut down as of 12:01 on October 1, 2025. This means that much of the federal government will not be operating and thousands of federal employees will be furloughed – check out Federal Harms Tracker for more. The Government Publishing Office (GPO) sent out this piece to the federal depository library […]
Department of Justice deletes study on politics of domestic terrorists
The Justice Department was caught deleting a study conducted by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and hosted on a DOJ website proving that right-wing violence poses a “far” greater threat than left-wing extremism. The report was available there at least until September 12, 2025, according to an archive of the page saved in the […]
FGI book talk now available as a podcast episode on Future Knowledge
If you happened to miss our book talk at the Internet Archive a couple of weeks ago, have no fear. The talk about Preserving Government Information was recorded and released as a podcast at Future Knowledge. Special thanks to Shari Laster for being our moderator/interlocutor and for the fine folks at the Internet Archive for […]
Once-cancelled hurricane-monitoring data to stay online (for now)
The world of government information continues to be in a state of topsy-turviness. Last month, on a Tuesday, NOAA suddenly announced that on the following Monday, the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) and Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) would “discontinue ingest, processing and distribution of all DMSP data no later than June […]
Internet Archive designated an FDLP Library!
This bit of good news just dropped! The Internet Archive has joined the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The FDLP is a network of over 1000 libraries around the country who receive government publications from the Government Publishing Office (GPO) and offer public services to help those in their communities access the great wide world […]
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