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EPA quietly “decommissioning” its web archive
In another strike against access to public information and the historical record, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently announced that they will be “retiring” the EPA web archive on December 31, 2026. The Biden administration attempted to shut down the archive in 2022, citing “burdensome financial upkeep.” Thankfully, the Environmental Data Governance Initiative (EDGI), […]
NARA proposing to shut down San Bruno/San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle facilities. We need YOU to stop it from happening!
The Federal News Network broke the news last month that the “National Archives to transition out of three federal records centers.” NARA is proposing to close down the regional facilities in San Bruno/San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle. Sources say that records may be removed from these facilities as early as this September and relocate its […]
Sunsetting of the CIA World Factbook
The CIA and its predecessors have published some version of the World Factbook since 1943! However, according to a statement last week from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the historic and world-renowned publication World Factbook has been terminated and all previous versions have been removed from the CIA site. The CIA did not provide any […]
Tracking govinfo project logging removed or modified federal publications and websites
There is a long tradition in the govinfo librarian world of assuring access and longevity of published government information. From 1981 until 1998, Anne Heanue and the fine folks at the Washington Office of the American Library Association (ALA) published an amazing series called Less Access to Less Information by and about the U.S. Government, […]
NASA Deletes Comic Book About How Women Can Be Astronauts
Things have gotten really weird when comic books are verboten in this Orwellian present. NASA has deleted two comic books about women astronauts from all its websites, according to NASA Watch, the latest victim of the Trump’s administration’s purge of “DEI” content from federal agencies. This is apparently due to a directive sent out just […]
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