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Data Rescue Project Portal – 1289 datasets across 86 government offices compiled through the efforts of over 500 volunteers – Browse Datasets Browse Government Offices Browse Categories. About the Mission – The Data Rescue Project (DRP) serves as a clearinghouse for preserving at-risk public information. What began as a simple Google Sheet has evolved into a …
404 Media: “On Monday, a publicly-sourced archive of more than 10,000 national park signs and monument placards went public as part of a massive volunteer project to save historical and educational placards from around the country that risk removal by the Trump administration. Visitors to national parks and other public monuments at more than 300 …
The New York Times [gift article] “The Supreme Court will hear arguments in December about whether President Trump can fire government officials for any reason, or no reason, despite laws meant to shield them from politics. There is little question that the court will side with the president. Its conservative majority has repeatedly signaled that …
“OpenOMB is a searchable database that makes apportionments easier to find and track. Apportionments are legally binding plans issued by the White House Office of Management and Budget that set the pace at which federal agencies may spend appropriated funds. OpenOMB’s database makes apportionments easy to find and track. Apportionments set the pace at which …
404 Media [no paywall]: “An attorney in a New York Supreme Court commercial case got caught using AI in his filings, and then got caught using AI again in the brief where he had to explain why he used AI, according to court documents filed earlier this month. New York Supreme Court Judge Joel Cohen …
Harvard – “In February, the Library Innovation Lab announced its archive of the federal data clearinghouse Data.gov. Today, we’re pleased to share Data.gov Archive Search, an interface for exploring this important collection of government datasets. Our work builds on recent advancements in lightweight, browser-based querying to enable discovery of more than 311,000 datasets comprising some …
Via Greg Siskind: What is Prompt.law? Prompt.law is an online platform where lawyers can find, create, and share AI-generated legal task prompts. Think of it as a “cookbook” of AI prompts designed specifically for legal professionals to streamline their work. Who can use Prompt.law? Prompt.law is designed for legal professionals, including attorneys, law firm staff, …
Wired – no paywall: “With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted. Satellites beam data down to the Earth all around us, all the time. So you might expect that those space-based radio communications would …
The New York Times Gift Article: “County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes. A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. …
A New Voice for America’s Public Lands – “America’s 660 million acres of public lands are one of our nation’s greatest treasures, vital for recreation, wildlife, clean water, and cultural heritage. But at the very moment when these lands face unprecedented pressure from deregulation, underfunding, and privatization, coverage of their future is vanishing from the …
What Works Hub: “When USAID terminated its education programmes in early 2025, it also removed public access to a rich collection of data on global learning outcomes – putting at risk two decades of work and hundreds of datasets. These datasets, critical to researchers, implementers and most importantly, decision-makers in each country, were nearly lost. …
Archive for Voice and Silence, a website that uses AI to track and map protests and activist movements around the world. The goal is to provide a clean, visual representation of these events for researchersA non-profit project mapping protests and civic actions globally. We aggregate publicly reported events to help researchers, journalists and communities understand …
