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General Government Data Backups and Archives

Data.gov Archive
via Harvard Law School Library
Data Curation Network
As professional data curators, data management experts, data repository administrators, disciplinary scientists and scholars we represent academic institutions and non-profit data repositories that steward research data for future use.
DataLumos
A crowd-sourced repository for valuable government data, hosted by ICPSR. Includes datasets from FEMA and other government agencies.
Data Rescue Project
The Data Rescue Project is a coordinated effort among a group of data organizations, including IASSIST, RDAP, and members of the Data Curation Network. Our goal is to serve as a clearinghouse for data rescue-related efforts and data access points for public US governmental data
The DHS Program
USAID Demographic & Health Surveys
End of Term Archive
The End of Term Web Archive captures and saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.
Internet Archive: CDC Datasets
An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.
Justice Department January 6th Prosecution Documents
Also available via https://archive.org/details/coverage-of-u.-s.-capitol-jan.-6th-2021-12hrs

Environment & Climate Data

Climate Change and Health Research Coordinating Center (CAFE) Collection
This open collection is designed to support and enhance global research initiatives focused on understanding and mitigating the health impacts of climate change - Sponsored by Harvard Dataverse
EDGI: Environmental Data & Governance Initiative
A research collaborative and network of diverse professionals promoting evidence-based policy-making and public interest science that advances the Environmental Right to Know (ERTK)
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Forming in November 2016 to document and analyze changes to vulnerable federal environmental data and governance practices under the Trump administration, EDGI has grown into the preeminent watchdog tracking and assessing modifications to federal environmental information resources and their accessibility; a national leader in highlighting Trump’s impacts on environmental, data, and information policies and practices; and the forerunner in developing a new field of inquiry and critique: environmental data justice.
Public Environmental Data Project
The Public Environmental Data Project is committed to preserving and providing public access to federal environmental data. We are a volunteer coalition of several environmental, justice, and policy organizations, researchers across several universities, archivists, and students who rely on federal datasets and tools to support critical research, advocacy, policy, and litigation work
Silencing Science Tracker
A joint initiative of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund. It tracks government attempts to restrict or prohibit scientific research, education or discussion

Public Health Data

CDC.Gov Archive Index
acasignups.net: direct links to the Internet Archive's most recent mirrored versions of every public-facing web page on the Centers for Disease Control website prior to content being purged
CDC Guidelines on Sexual Health
Includes docs in the following areas: Contraception, Sexual Health, Youth, LGBTQIA, Sexual & Intimate Partner Violence
The Commonwealth Fund
Includes state level data on Medicare, Medicaid, health equity, women's health, and more
KFF: State Health Facts
More than 800 up-to-date health indicators at the state level can be mapped, ranked, and downloaded.
Restored CDC
RestoredCDC.org is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or any government entity.

Library Databases with Government Info

HeinOnline
Find articles from law and law-related journals, as well as information on famous trials, legal classics, treaties, and more.
PolicyMap Database
Data includes demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores and labor data like unemployment, crime statistics and city crime rates

Guides from Other Libraries & Universities

Tools & Resources

Data Rescue Tracker
Via the Data Rescue Project
GODORT: 2025 Presidential Transition
ACRL Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) LibGuide
The Journalist's Resource
Curated list of non-government websites with health databases.
Policy Commons
The world's most comprehensive policy database, with over 17 million reports from 41,000 think tanks, agencies, governments, and cities (Requires creating a login w/ UAlbany email)
r/DataHoarder
A subreddit originally focused on general data curation, now archiving US federal info
U.S. Government Information: Weekly Roundup
UC San Diego LibGuide