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Finding Government Data Sources With 2025 Administration Transition

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finding government data sources with 2025 administration transition

Call the Wilson Library front desk to get help by phone during open hours, or leave a voicemail for next-day follow-up. Use the web form to email us. We respond within 1 to 2 business days. Real people, no bots. All day and night, with help from librarians everywhere. The 2025 Presidential Administration transition has resulted in significant changes to government websites including the removal and scaling back of webpages, publications, reports, and datasets that are widely used for research in many disciplines...

While the situation is rapidly changing, this blog will point to archived datasets and reports as well as resources on how data is being saved, stored, and made accessible. Alternative Resources for Removed Information If you have a government webpage url that is no longer available you can try using Gov Wayback to retrieve it in its state prior to January 20th 2025. Resources for Context on Preserving Government Data This guide highlights resources that track actions by the 2025 administration and Congress aimed at reducing or eliminating access to federal government information. It also includes links to organizations involved in data preservation and website archiving efforts.

Finding Government Information during the 2025 Administration Transition (University of Minnesota) Finding Government Data During the 2025 Administrative Transition: General Data Resources (Michigan State University) Looking for U.S. Federal Data? (University of California, Merced) Charles Willard Coe Library 12001 Chalon RoadLos Angeles, CA 90049310.954.4370

Access historical versions of U.S. government websites from before January 20, 2025 with a simple URL change. How it works: Take any .gov URL and add wayback.com right after .gov, and you'll be redirected to the Wayback Machine's archived version of the page. Simple domain: www.epa.gov → www.epa.govwayback.com Specific page: www.whitehouse.gov/administration → www.whitehouse.govwayback.com/administration Complex URL: www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2 → www.congress.govwayback.com/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2

Due to shifting information priorities espoused by the 2025 presidential administration, some government data has been removed from government websites. In response, librarians and information professionals across the country have joined forces to help locate and provide access to these removed data sources. Be sure to stay up to date on the administration's decisions as many of them impact information access: 2025 Administration Transition Information & Resources | Council on Governmental Relations Many organizations are doing great work to help preserve and provide access to federal websites and data. The list below highlights a few of these organizations and archives of federal data/websites. The first three resources are guides created by librarians at other institutions that include many additional resources of possible interest.

Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal (CCHHL) data dump, via Internet Archive Bibliographic information about research items (e.g. journal articles) as compiled by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Data.gov archive, via Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab The 2025 transition between presidential administrations has been a rapidly changing landscape, widely discussed across the news media. This guide points to resources and news about accessing federal government information, and the Trump administration's and/or Congress's actions that scale back or eliminate access to federal websites, information, and datasets.

It also provides links to groups performing data and website rescue and archiving. Information has been gathered from academic research guides, organizations' public websites, and government information listservs and organized by a collaborative group of data librarians, curators, and researchers. More information on this collaborative effort is available at The Data Rescue Project website. Please check back for ongoing updates or reach out to us at library@claremont.edu if you are having trouble finding a dataset. We partner with faculty, students, and staff to provide a vital physical and digital center for research, teaching, learning, and other forms of intellectual engagement at The Claremont Colleges. Our Core Values explain why we take such pride in our work.

They are the source of our passion, energy, professionalism, and productivity. These commonly shared values guide everything we do: User-centeredness, inclusivity, innovation, collaboration, education, community, discovery, and stewardship. Each new Administration updates and makes changes to various government websites and information. As a result, some information that has been taken down or changed can be difficult to find. The links and resources you see on this page are here to provide access to those on our campus community who might need it. Cloud based Geographic Information System (GIS).

Provides access to thousands of demographic indicators across a wide range of geographies, as well as school districts, HUD neighborhoods, and political boundaries. Facilitates the analyses of large amounts of data and quickly displays the data through maps, tables, charts, and reports. PolicyMap includes both publicly-available and proprietary data. Refer to the detailed Data Directory for sources, years of data available, and geographic coverage. A PolicyMap Tutorial is available. Amanda Becker, The 19th Amanda Becker, The 19th

Orion Rummler, The 19th Orion Rummler, The 19th Mariel Padilla, The 19th Mariel Padilla, The 19th This story was originally published by The 19th. In the months leading up to his election, President Donald Trump insisted that he had nothing to do with the far-right vision for his second administration known as Project 2025, a Christian-nationalist blueprint to... As the year draws to a close, a crowd-sourced effort, as well as trackers from advocacy organizations and labor unions, show that his administration has implemented roughly half of the goals laid out in...

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