The ongoing destruction of executive branch agencies
We have been tracking the loss of government information here at FGI for a long time — following in the footsteps of the monumental ALA publication “Less Access to Less Information by and about the US Government”! We’re starting to see more reporting not about loss of specific government publications or datasets but about the […]
“Preserving government information” Book talk at Stanford Library
Have you ever wondered about how government information was/is preserved for long-term access? Or what are libraries to do with all that government information on the web? What does the future hold for public information? Well you’re in luck! Jim Jacobs and I will be giving a book talk next week (thursday May 7 @ […]
“Unreported documents” and the history of the printing and distribution of Congressional hearings
Those of you who know me know that I’m an “unreported documents” nerd and have LONG advocated that it is every government information librarian’s duty to hunt for and send “unreported documents” to the Government Publishing Office (GPO) so that they can capture and catalog them for inclusion in the National Collection of U.S. Government […]
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 […]