In response to hundreds of federal data sets going offline under the Trump administration, organizations like Harvard's Library Innovation Lab and Internet Archive are leading preservation efforts. MuckRock is hosting an event featuring experts to discuss at-risk data and preservation strategies, while offering support for data archival projects.
Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab maintains a comprehensive mirror of data.gov datasets, providing BagIt-formatted archives with associated metadata for each entry. The repository offers structured access to federal public data through standardized file formats and includes daily updates starting February 2025.
Harvard Law School has released a 16TB archive of data.gov containing over 311,000 federal public datasets on Source Cooperative, with daily updates planned. The initiative aims to preserve and authenticate vital public datasets through detailed metadata and digital signatures, while providing open-source tools for creating similar repositories.