This page focuses upon data rescue efforts by a variety of organizations. Some of these pre-date Trump's second term in office. The Government Information Data Rescue guide from librarians at American University includes a very helpful primer on how to check for missing data.
Data Rescue Project
The Data Rescue Project is a coordinated effort among a group of data organizations, including IASSIST, RDAP, and members of the Data Curation Network. Serves as a clearinghouse for data rescue-related efforts and data access points for public US governmental data that are currently at risk. See what data is currently being saved with their new Data Rescue Tracker. You can follow the Data Rescue Project on Bluesky Social.
Gathers data, builds tools and collaborates with reporters to provide access to public records. Some projects have been archived by the Stanford Digital Repository, which ensures their long-term preservation.
Provides a repository of hundreds of thousands of pages of original government materials, information on how to file requests and tools to make the requesting process easier.
An initiative to identify, obtain, reformat, clean, document, publish, and disseminate government datasets of public interest.
In response to political threats to social, environmental, health, and personal data, the University of Washington Center for Advances in Libraries, Museums, and Archives (CALMA) in collaboration with Seattle-based BKS Studio, is hosting a series of DATA RESCUE efforts.
A newer effort to create an alternative infrastructure for archiving and disseminating cultural heritage and scientific knowledge. One focus of their work is to ensure there are multiple copies in multiple places.
An open data publishing platform and a community committed to the open availability and routine re-use of all research data. Generalist repository available to help with data publication, storage, and preservation.
Has collected over 50,000 files (datasets and documentation) from 22 federal survey projects. Efforts to this point have been focused on acquiring the files and ensuring backup copies are preserved on multiple servers. From Cornell University.
Data Hoarder
A reddit community that is coordinating efforts to rescue data.