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Support Dearly Departed Datasets
Our federal data are meeting an untimely end. Help track their final days.🪦
Lynda Kellam
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Update for October 2025
Hello from the DRP Steering Committee! We have a few updates. ❤️🛟 Announcements * Join us for office hours this coming Wednesday, October 29, at 4:30 pm Eastern. The HIFLD volunteers will be taking over to chat about the project! Use this link for the office hours. Thank you again to
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Events! RDAP Hackathon and HIFLD Office Hours
Before we talk about events, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our community of volunteers for your interest in and support for the project to back up HIFLD Open. HIFLD Open was a collection of open datasets that acted as a “digital go bag” for communities
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Guest Post: Former Climate.gov team building Climate.us—a new bridge between scientists and the public
We have a guest post this week from the Climate.us team. We were very excited to talk with Rebecca Lindsey and learn more about their team's plans for Climate.us, especially their rescue of the Fifth National Climate Assessment. In 2024, if you googled “climate,” the first
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Save Our Signs Launches the People’s Archive of National Park Signs
The Save Our Signs project (SOS), a community-driven effort to preserve National Park Service (NPS) interpretive materials before they are removed from public view, is proud to announce the launch of the Save Our Signs Archive, a collection of photographs taken by visitors at National Parks. This open access “people’
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National Digital Stewardship Alliance Excellence Award
The Data Rescue Project was pleased to receive an NDSA Excellence Award last week. We were honored to be recognized alongside other incredible librarians, archivists, and leaders. Below is the transcript of remarks delivered by Lynda Kellam. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all our volunteers for
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Guest Post: Eggs Don’t Grow on Trees and Neither Does Data: How to Teach K-12 Students Where Data Comes From
Second in a series of posts about federal data and the Federal Statistical System.
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Guest Post: The Forgotten Egg: The Importance of Public Federal Data in the United States
The Federal Statistical System impacts everyone in the US (and many globally) whether they realize it or not.
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Updates from the SaveOurSigns Campaign
Join us on September 17 to learn more about Save Our Signs!
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The Federal Statistical System Under Threat
Learn about the Federal Statistical System and ways to support it. Public data is a public good!
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Save Our Signs: Let’s Get It Done
Help us finish strong with #SaveOurSigns this Labor Day. Plus, if you’re in NYC, come see us in person!
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Teaching with Disappearing Data: Invitation to Participate in Study
Today, we have another guest post from a Data Rescue Project volunteer. Jeanine is conducting a survey of instructors who teach with government data. In addition, we will have our regular office hours this week on Wednesday, August 20, from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern. Please join