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We love the new APDU Guiding Principles for Public Data, but especially the top guiding principle: "public data should be public. Public data are of the people, by the people,
and for the people." YES!
@apduorg.bsky.social

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Newly Unveiled Plans for the 2030 Census Test Suggest Trouble Ahead - Population Reference Bureau Here are four big reasons why we're worried—and why you should be too.

U.S. Commerce Dept. has published a Federal Register notice proposing signicant changes in the scope of preparation for Census 2030. Tomorrow is the deadline to make comments. We encourage you to speak out. Read more about the changes @prbdata.bsky.social
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"Protecting data is about more than data. It's about protecting the public's right to data, our right to information, our right to knowledge. Protecting data is about preserving a fundamental pillar of democracy."

Excellent piece by @gretchengehrke.bsky.social

January 2026 Census Project Update - The Census Project Appropriations Update As reported in a January 7 Census Project

If you are not following The Census Project (thecensusproject.org), what are you waiting for? The 2030 Census work has already started, and it's time to pay attention!

thecensusproject.org/2026/02/03/j...

Everyone in the DRP knows how wonderful and incredible @lyndamk.bsky.social is. We are thrilled for her and honored that she is representing #DataRescue at this international level. Congrats Lynda!!

bob from bobs burgers saying "i mean, i dont want to oversell it, but it changes you"

Welcome back to #MemeMonday!

Our volunteers are bun-believably great! Interested in joining us? Check out our website for more information on how to get started.

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Independence National Historical Park - A Hopeful Update We recently posted about the takedown of signs at the President’s House site at Independence National Historical Park. We also posted a call for more photos for Save Our Signs, both before and after…

New DRP post: #Philly interpretive panels returned to the President's House. We congratulate the local community that fought HARD for their return. We hope this inspires other communities to #SaveOurSigns

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A Year of Threats to Our Public Information — Data + Screening Tools Over the past year, the Trump administration has moved aggressively to remove public access to federal data, information, and tools. The fields of climate, health, environment, and justice have been p...

@publicenvirodata.bsky.social post summing up 2025. A year of threats, but also a year of resistance and hope.

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Guest Post: SHADAC Survey Data Finder Today's post is from our colleagues at SHADAC, who have developed a tool to help data users compare different surveys and find the data they need. Learn more, then try it out for yourself! Federal…

Check out our newest guest post! We were really excited to hear about this tool to help data users compare different surveys and find the data they need. Thanks so much to www.shadac.org for sharing this great resource!
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Also check out the @dataindex.us interview with Caroline Medina from MAP: www.dataindex.us/newsletter/a...

Building a More Resilient Ecosystem for Publicly-Funded Research Data COS previously announced efforts to develop a community-driven strategic plan for long-term preservation, accessibility, and usability of federally-funded data. This post shares updates on the…

As a member of @cos.io effort to build a more resilient ecosystem (see link below if you missed it), we want to draw attention to the call for feedback. Be sure to share your thoughts with us by March 2, ahead of our next planning meeting, using the survey on the post!
www.cos.io/blog/buildin...

We are excited to be a part of the strategic planning committee to think through challenges to a more resilient future. @lyndamk.bsky.social has been part of the discussions and represents the DRP and our grassroots perspective.

We are connected! And excited about what is to come from the group.

Movement Advancement Project | The Federal SOGI Data Landscape Under the Second Trump Administration: One Year In Review This report reviews recent progress in federal LGBTQ data collection, documents the scope and consequences of current demographic data removals and rollbacks, and outlines strategies and resources to…

New report from @mapresearch.bsky.social examining the impacts of data loss on the LGBTQ community.

Pippin from Lord of the Rings asking Aragorn "What about your data? Aragorn replies "My data is in the paper" Pippin then asks "But what about publishing your data so it's more findable and reusable?"

For this week's #MemeMonday, don't be like Aragorn! If you're able to, please consider publishing your data in a reputable repository. We here at DRP deposit our rescued data in #DataLumos from @icpsr.bsky.social

New podcast with #SaveOurSigns

Mission accomplished! Spread the word!

Guest Post: The Legal Pathway for Disposing Federal Data Assets and What You Can Do About It Both dataindex.us and the Data Rescue Project care deeply about the preservation and public accessibility of federal data. While much of our attention has focused on making these data assets available...

New guest post! Christopher Marcum talks about why the commenting process is so important for protecting federal data.

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Philadelphia’s slavery exhibit is restored at President’s House Site “This is the American people fighting back and saying we will not accept this,” said one Independence Hall visitor. “Will not allow history to be rewritten.”

We are so excited to see the interpretive panels in #Philly restored! We CAN take action to protect our history. Congratulations to the community that fought so hard to bring them back.

Hope is resistance.

#SaveOurSigns

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Thank you to @digitalcuration.bsky.social and #IDCC26 for this honor and opportunity

From @mikalarae.bsky.social: "The DRP community has reminded me daily that hope is resistance."

"...data should be preserved for the designated communities. So it is imperative that the community to whom the data belong are the ones who should control and say what happens to the data"

"Our coalition-based work to provide continued access to public data is ultimately about the future of democratic society."

"[US federal] data are public, these data belong to the people. So we are capturing data...to give it back to the community to whom it belongs."

"Federal public data are widely trusted and often seen as the most authoritative sources on certain topics.... But trust is not the same thing as security."

"The success of data rescue and preservation efforts is situated in the community we have built"

Get ready for live updates and quotes from @lyndamk.bsky.social and @mikalarae.bsky.social's #IDCC26 Keynote!

We often get asked about variable changes to federal data. This report details the removal of sexual orientation/gender identity variables.

Thank you so much for this important research!

In the portal we document the existing back up links. So yes the former. Thank you!

Please add any back up links to our portal so they can become more findable.

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