GPO doubles congressionally mandated reports on govinfo. A policy commentary. freegovinfo.info/node/15018/

Rarely do I like the headlines put on anything I write, but "You’re being tracked. Vermont can do something about it." for an opinion piece I wrote for @vtdigger.bsky.social is pretty good. 📚 vtdigger.org/2026/05/10/o...

This!

Through these reorganizations, the Trump administration is not only hindering the missions of these agencies – it’s enacting long-term institutional changes that shift its structure away from science-based decision-making and concentrate decision-making power in the hands of political leadership.

This week’s main story is about the Supreme Court’s shadow docket, why it exists, how it’s advancing the Trump administration’s agenda, and how it’s bringing John closer to his estranged son. Come home, Nathaniel.

We're still looking for signatories to our Preserving Govt Information Call to Action. We're so close to 100, help push us over that threshold! publicinformationtrust.org

For decades, the US federal government has been one of the foremost producers of information in the world. But over the past year, the Trump administration has been altering and removing decades’ worth of datasets, with enormous impact on all aspects of life. 🧵

🧵 The web is disappearing 🕳️ From Pew: 26% of pages from 2013-2023 are ☠️ A new study in VANISHING CULTURE gives hope: 16% have been restored through the Wayback Machine. 56% are preserved before they disappear. 📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE free from Internet Archive: archive.org/details/vani... ⬇️

4️⃣/4️⃣ Want to learn more? Join Merrilee Proffitt & James R. Jacobs for a GODORT Friday Chats discussion: Register once for the full series: msu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Full schedule & details: godort.libguides.com/fridaychats #govinfo #democracyslibrary @merrileeiam.bsky.social

🧵1️⃣/4️⃣ Government information is public memory – and it needs protecting. The Preservation of Government Information: A Call to Action urges institutions and individuals to commit to preserving the public record. Read it. Sign it. Share it. 📝 publicinformationtrust.org

I just found out Congressional hearings were not part of the FDLP until 1939! Check out my friend Marie Concannon's great sleuthing work! freegovinfo.info/node/15001/

Love this.

Listening live to Chris Bourg on the 25th Anniversary celebration of MIT OpenCourseWare and she gave a great shout out of support to the 2022 OSTP Public Access Policy. She said that more than 60% of MIT scholars are in compliance with federal public access policies, which is incredible :) […]

As Mark Graham says in this excellent article by WIRED , it's ironic that journalists depend upon the Internet Archive for their research and yet their own publishers are blocking essential archiving routines of their own websites […]

With support from Funders for the Future of Public Data, I'm pleased to release this report on the "Integrity of Public Access to Federal Data: Evaluating Disruptions to Open Government Data, 2025-2026" into the world: https://www.chrismarcum.com/data-integrity/

Federal data integrity matters, and we need improved and holistic auditing. @csmarcum.bsky.social tells us more. #statsky #federaldata #defenddata #defendresearch

Check out this call to action that came out of the @archive.org convening! Thanks to @freegovinfo.bsky.social for creating. www.datarescueproject.org/preservation...

we've hit the 50 signatures mark. Help us make it to 100!!

Call to Action: Preservation of #Government #Information publicinformationtrust.org #govdocs #govinfo #libraries #archives

Sign on today to the Preservation of Government Information call to action! This manifesto/call to action grew out of last month's Information Stewardship Forum hosted by @archive.org publicinformationtrust.org

Best Twitter riposte of the day.

FYI: New report: Removal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity from Federal Data Collections: Jan25 to Jan26. "We identified the removal of sexual orientation/gender identity measures from approximately 360 different federal data collections." williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications...

An alternative watch from the State of the Union address. And kudos to Senator Angus King.

Turns out “They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists…” was Trump introducing his own administration.

Log Files That Describe the #History of the #Internet are Disappearing. A New Project Hopes to Save Them (via @theregister.com) www.theregister.com/2026/02/14/i... #digipres #digitalpreservation #data #LOCKSS

Congrats!!! The Data Rescue Project is the Winner of the 2025 RDAP Work of the Year Award rdapassociation.org/news/13593532 #datarescue @datarescueproject.org @rdapassociation.bsky.social

The future of scholarly communication isn’t just about better tools — it’s about who owns and governs them. @kcommons.bsky.social offers a community-owned alternative to corporate platforms while supporting diverse forms of scholarship. Read more: investinopen.org/blog/buildin...

So dark and sad and gross.

Congrats "HOW’S THE PLAY GOING?" by Noel David Taylor, an Honorable Mention in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅 An absurd comedy with a confused main character in disjointed settings. Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/hows... #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

Sign and share this call on CSU to cancel its multimillion dollar OpenAI contract. CSU is in a budget crisis, OpenAI wants to reduce us all into tools of AI, and our public money should be invested in humans! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

So, the filibuster fiasco is going down precisely how @americalabs.org said it would: Facing demands from Luna to kill it, Thune was like "uh, we'll think about it" and that was enough for her www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Publishes Guidelines for Green #Libraries www.infodocket.com/2026/02/02/i... @ifla.org #greenlibraries #environment

Stanford Libraries is doing a TON for #lovedata week. Some events are in-person, some are virtual, all are open to all! Check out the cool events!! lovedataweek.stanford.edu

Tell your stories about why public data matters! ❤️🛟 @essentialdata.us fas.org/publication/...

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Listen to this speech from Mark Carney. Forget making Canada the 51st state; I’m ready for the US to be the 11th province.

Hey who's going to the @archive.org Public Domain Day 2026 celebration? blog.archive.org/event/the-ca...

FYI check out the call for papers for "Secrecy and Society". Should be a really interesting and topical issue. freegovinfo.info/node/14953/

I was honored to meet and work with Deborah Natsios, JY’s partner in the cryptome endeavor. The papers include the documents scanned and available on cryptome.org but perhaps more importantly, the communication between JY and various FOIA offices and agencies (most of which was not digitized).

45 years of John Young's papers and the Cryptome archive have been added to Stanford's archive and is available for researchers to request access to: searchworks.stanford.edu/view/in00000...

In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."

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New York City has a new mayor

NY Times: "NASA's Largest Library is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts" www.infodocket.com/2025/12/31/n... #libraries #science

“We Used to Read Things in This Country” https://thebaffler.com/salvos/we-used-to-read-things-in-this-country-mccormack > For it is AI that has given the American ruling class the final impetus to more or less abolish education. I could nitpick, but the overall argument is horrifyingly compelling

FYI @weatherwest.bsky.social just did a "Special rapid response stream re: proposed dismantling of National Center for Atmospheric Research". A must-watch. www.youtube.com/live/FTKW68R...

Russell Vought moves to destroy government’s leading climate change research institution because Colorado won't honor the illegal pardon of Tina Peters www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/russ...

In case you needed one more reason to loathe Russ Vought, the director of the White House’s office and management budget is dismantling a center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research.

BREAKING: The Energy Dept's watchdog just agreed to open an investigation into Russ Vought and Secretary Wright’s cancelling of energy grants at my, @padilla.senate.gov and @lofgren.house.gov urging. Trump's targeting of blue states is unlawful and deserves rigorous oversight.

It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.