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Locating Deleted Government Data & Information

This guide points to alternative sources for locating deleted U.S. public federal data and websites (as of January 2025).

The following organizations and sites are tracking missing and proposed changes to government data.

  • America's Data Index
    Monitoring America's federal data infrastructure from dataset availability and new releases to planned and unplanned changes to collections.
  • Data Rescue Project
    The Data Rescue Project's serves as a clearinghouse for data rescue-related efforts and data access points for public US governmental data that are currently at risk.
  • Federal Data Forum
    Run by the Population Reference Bureau, the Federal Data Forum is a place to share messages, materials, and announcements related to the U.S. federal statistical system and federal data products.
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