Trump administration shut down more than 100 climate studies
Librarians and archivists are doing all that they can to collect and curate already-published web-based government information and data before it is taken offline. However, this administration’s anti-science policies and executive orders will have long-lasting negative impacts in the United States and around the world going forward and for many years to come as scientific […]
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, […]
New from FreeGovInfo Press: “Preserving Government Information: Past, Present, and Future”
Jim Jacobs and I are pleased to announce the publication of our book Preserving Government Information: Past, Present, and Future. It is available as a free PDF, a free ePub, and a print-book ($20) at https://freegovinfo.info/pgi. In this book, we examine how preservation practices of the past affect the preservation of digitally published federal government […]
Hot off the presses: “Bernadine’s Office Building: Working in the capitol and other dangerous places”
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work on Capitol Hill as a Congressional staffer? Well, wonder no more. Bernadine Abbott Hoduski, library star, mother of government documents in libraries, and tireless advocate for libraries, has just published her memoir “Bernadine’s Office Building: Working in the capitol and other dangerous places.” It’s sure to […]
FGI public testimony before Congress advocates for GPO gift authority
Here’s something fun I did this week. For their public witness day, I submitted testimony before the House appropriations subcommittee on the legislative branch for their FY2026 budget. :slightly_smiling_face: Many thanks to Daniel Schuman of the American Governance Institute and founder and an editor of the First Branch Forecast (you’re all subscribed to FBF right?!). […]