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Protecting a Public Good: Hands Off Our Census

https://www.datarescueproject.org/protecting-a-public-good/

Published: October 15, 2026 17:09

Recent proposed changes to the census collection process threaten the integrity of the data, and therefore all subsequent projects, funding mechanisms, and infrastructures that rely on accurate counting of the American people.As partners of the Hands Off…

Hands Off Our Census: Comments due November 2

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Published: October 5, 2026 15:03

The US Census, conducted once every 10 years, has an importance that is difficult to overstate. The goal of every census is to “count everyone once, only once, and in the right place". While most people probably associate the Census with apportionment of…

October Office Hour

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Published: October 1, 2026 12:14

Come to October's Office Hour to learn more about the DRP Baserow Tracker and how to use OpenRefine for common metadata tasks!

Humanitarian Archive Emergency Coalition: Get Involved Remotely!

https://www.datarescueproject.org/hae-coalition-get-involved/

Published: September 17, 2026 15:00

The DRP has been pleased to be part of a growing coalition concerned about the future of humanitarian archives amid challenges to foreign aid funding. In response to these concerns, a Steering Committee from around the world was convened by researchers at…

New Data Rescue Workflow and Fall Office Hours

https://www.datarescueproject.org/new-workflow-fall-hours/

Published: September 10, 2026 16:36

Since our earliest days, we have used a Google spreadsheet to track and manage the dataset rescue workflow, ensuring that data identified as at-risk are preserved, curated, and made accessible. The spreadsheet has served us well for 20 months and for…

Tracking Censorship in National Parks: An Update from the Save Our Signs team

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Published: September 3, 2026 17:47

As censorship of NPS materials continues, the Save Our Signs team has released new resources and a key update to the existing infrastructure to make it easier to understand what has changed.SOS Censorship TrackerThrough both news reports and…

DRP Office Hours and New Data Rescue Workflow

https://www.datarescueproject.org/summer-2026-office-hours/

Published: August 25, 2026 17:32

We are excited to announce that over the course of this summer, due in no small part to the hard work of our wonderful metadata analyst and volunteer coordinator, we have overhauled our data rescue workflow! While our data inventory spreadsheet served us…

Announcing Volunteer Coordinator

https://www.datarescueproject.org/volunteer-coordinator/

Published: August 20, 2026 17:01

Today’s post is an interview with our new Volunteer Coordinator! The DRP is able to offer this position because of the generous support of the Portfolio to Protect Science, a fiscally sponsored initiative of Global Impact, as well as other anonymous…

Understanding Federal Data Loss and Future Directions

https://www.datarescueproject.org/data-loss-report/

Published: August 18, 2026 15:59

At just about every presentation, webinar, interview, and hackathon, not to mention in-passing conversations and speculative Bluesky posts, we’re asked: “But exactly how many datasets have been removed since January 2025?”As we have stated since the start,…

New Report Documents Continued Staffing, Leadership Strains at Federal Statistical Agencies

https://www.datarescueproject.org/asa-2026-midyear-update/

Published: August 11, 2026 19:00

Below is a guest post from Michelle Crosby and Steve Pierson of the American Statistical Association. The American Statistical Association (ASA) “FedStat Health” project team recently released its mid-year status report, 2026 Midyear Update: Resources and…

Urgent: Oppose NARA Facility Closures

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Published: August 5, 2026 16:31

We recently learned that some regional facilities of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) are being targeted for closures, including the ones in San Francisco/San Bruno, CA and Chicago. These facilities hold important records especially…