Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy where the #AmericanEmpire has plenty of money for bombs, armaments and #warfare.

> Museum Facilities: Deferred Maintenance Persists and Costs to Repair Are Unknown www.gao.gov/products/gao...

#museum #archives #preservation #GAO #USGovernment #GovDocs

ARL Daily Intelligence (March 2–5) — Association of Research Libraries The ARL Daily Intelligence is the trusted source of news and analysis for library leaders and advocates. Released Monday through Thursday, the ARL Daily Intelligence is curated by Gary D. Price, co-fo...

The #ARLDailyIntelligence brings you today’s essential news and analysis for library leaders and advocates. Check out today’s top stories!

www.arl.org/daily-intell...

#Research #Libraries #HigherEd #Archives #OA #AI #ScholComm #Advocacy #PublicPolicy #ClimateChange #Sustainability #FDLP #GovDocs

GAO: Millions of people can’t understand life-or-death weather alerts | Federal News Network It has to be a well-coordinated approach. One of the challenges is multiple agencies are involved…everyone has to be on the same page," Cardell Johnson said.

> GAO: Millions of people can’t understand life-or-death weather alerts federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-i...

#weather #climate #GovDocs #GAO #GovernmentAccountabilityOffice (c)

If you need/want the text of the statement:

www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...

#GovDocs #RIP

Of interest for some.

> The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2026 to 2036 www.cbo.gov/publication/...

#CBO #CongressionalBudgetOffice #GovDocs #BadEconomy #USGovernment #FollowTheMoney

Internet Archive Adds Searchable Access to Archived Pages From the #CIA World Factbook www.infodocket.com/2026/02/08/i... #webarchives #govdocs #ciaworldfactbook @archive.org

Covers of the CIA's World Factbook issues 1987 and 1991

Still need the CIA's World Factbook, which ceased to exist this week?!? We got you, we got your students. This collection includes volumes from 1981-2017 as well as its earlier version from 1975-1980. buff.ly/hyIO32K #govdocs #digitallibraries #trusty#digitalpreservation

#ReferenceDesk
#CIAWorldFactbook
#GovDocs
#preservation

Well, shit. The regime is killing off the 'CIA World Factbook.'
www.cia.gov/stories/stor...

Having said, anyone want to lay bets if it gets a private pick up? Kind of like the US Statistical Abstract (from Census Bureau) got picked up by ProQuest?

#GovDocs #USGovernment #ReferenceDesk #RIP

Meta’s Federal Tax Rate Hits an All-Time Low Due to Breaks Expanded by Trump Tax Law The company paid an effective federal income tax rate of just over 3.5% in 2025, the lowest it has recorded since the company went public as Facebook in 2012.

In reasons to #BringBackGuillotines

> Meta’s Federal Tax Rate Hits an All-Time Low Due to Breaks Expanded by Trump Tax Law itep.org/meta-tax-bre...

#DeleteFacebook #DeleteInstagram #DeleteMeta #deadbeat #RealOwners #tech #GovDocs

GSA ends U.S. participation in ‘open government’ initiative | Federal News Network GSA argued the initiative was ineffective. Civil society experts say it’s another example of the Trump admin turning its back on openness and transparency.

> GSA ends U.S. participation in ‘open government’ initiative federalnewsnetwork.com/open-datatra...

Translation: Accountability and transparency? Pfft, fuck that shit. #ThisIsAmerica, we do what we want.

#USGovernment #transparency #AmericanEmpire #corruption #OpenAccess #GovDocs

A book cover with the title "The Emotionally Disturbed Child" accompanied by a catfish depiction of an explosion

Fun times in GovDocs cataloging #govdocs

United States Completes WHO Withdrawal U.S. exits WHO, citing COVID-19 failures, politicization, and shift to bilateral health efforts.

> United States Completes WHO Withdrawal www.cdc.gov/media/releas...

Rest of the world: "Don't let the door hit you on the way out."

#BoycottUSA #AmericanEmpire #health #NGO #GovDocs #WHO #CDC #CullTheHerd #BringBackMeasles #BringBackIronLungs

#GPO is Launching and #MCP Server & More From the Congressional Data Task Force December 2025 Meeting congressionaldata.org/congressiona... #govdocs #AI #GenAI #LLMs @americalabs.org

> The Costs of Using the Name "Department of War" www.cbo.gov/publication/... via #CBO

#USGovernment #GovDocs #BadEconomy #priorities #AmericanEmpire

U.S. health data is disappearing—with potentially serious consequences "The administration discontinued USDA's study of food insecurity, which is critical to tracking hunger...especially as SNAP benefits are cut," Joel Gurin said.

> U.S. health data is disappearing—with potentially serious consequences federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2...

Because if there is no data, there is no problem.

#ThisIsAmerica #AmericanEmpire #GovDocs #USGovernment #data #preservation #archives #libraries

White House website posts topless pic of trans woman in response to critics of East Wing destruction - LGBTQ Nation The website now claims Barack Obama had ties to terrorism and that Joe Biden "established" the TDOV on Easter Sunday.

> White House website posts topless pic of trans woman in response to critics of East Wing destruction www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/whit...

Oy. I wonder how archivists will handle preserving the clusterfuck site the #PendejoInChief is making.

#WhiteHouse #USGovernment #GovDocs #GOP #PartyOfStupid

‘Bedrock’ federal data sets are disappearing, as statistical agencies face upheaval Most statistical agencies lost 20% to 30% of their staff this year, and the Trump administration is pursuing further workforce cuts at these agencies.

> ‘Bedrock’ federal data sets are disappearing, as statistical agencies face upheaval federalnewsnetwork.com/big-data/202...

And to think once upon a time #GovDocs and #USGovernment data were a gold standard.

#YouGetWhatYouVoteFor

> World AIDS Day Report 2025: Overcoming Disruption: Transforming the AIDS Response
www.un-ilibrary.org/content/book...

#AIDS #reports #UnitedNations #NGO #GovDocs

Making 10M government PDF documents searchable Government organizations love to distribute documents as PDF files. They are easy to forward and to print. The problem is when you want to find and access them later among millions of other files. …

Making 10M government PDF documents searchable flowingdata.com/2025/11/26/m...

"The code for GovScape is open source and available on GitHub."

#OpenData #OpenGov #OCR #DataRescue #GovDocs

Of possible interest.

> The State of the World’s Children 2025 www.un-ilibrary.org/content/book...

This document "exposes the staggering scale and depth of deprivation facing children in every corner of the globe."

#UnitedNations #NGOs #children #poverty #GovDocs

#ThisIsAmerica doing its best to:

#BringMeaslesBack
#BringIronLungsBack
#CullTheHerd

But hey, #YouGetWhatYouVoteFor

And to think #GovDocs were once a golden standard of reliable information. Thus falls the #AmericanEmpire.

To be replaced by the Walmart-Amazon combined employment report coming soon.

#GovDocs #USGovernment #BadEconomy

New Research Tool: GovScape (US Gov PDFs)
govscape.net ||| Research Paper (preprint) About #GovScape arxiv.org/abs/2511.11010 #govdocs @eotarchive.org

And to think once upon a time we taught students that government data was a reliable, reputable option of information. Next we'll use the Walgreens Report to measure health in the US.

Fuck. . .

#InfoLit #GOP #PartyOfStupid #GovDocs

Of possible interest.

> United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2024 www.un-ilibrary.org/content/book...

#demographics #ReferenceDesk #UnitedNations #NGO #GovDocs #resources

A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects of the Government Shutdown on the Economy as of October 17, 2025 In response to a request from Chairman Jodey Arrington, CBO provides a qualitative analysis of the effects of the government shutdown on federal employment, real GDP, the labor market, business activi...

> A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects of the Government Shutdown on the Economy as of October 17, 2025 www.cbo.gov/publication/...

#CBO #USGovernment #GovDocs #BadEconomy #shutdown (c)

An American Hunger Crisis Is Coming Trump’s cruel and disastrous policies—slashing food stamps and hiking inflationary tariffs—are creating an American hunger crisis.

> An American Hunger Crisis Is Coming washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/08/a...

#FoodInsecurity #ThisIsAmerica #YouGetWhatYouVoteFor #GovDocs (c)

The cover of a book entitled "Lead poisoning prevention act" with a photograph of a small child eating paint chips

Could they not have found a better image? Did they take the paint cup away from this child or let her eat it? #govdocs