Sustaining Public Data

Data Rescue Project Lynda Kellam @lyndamk | @datarescueproject.org Sustaining Public Data What are public federal data resources? “just as engineers regularly assess the physical infrastructure of America’s transportation network of roads, bridges, airports, and railroads, so too must the statistics profession assess the nation’s federal statistical data infrastructure.” American Statistical Association. “The Nation’s Data at Risk.” July 9, 2024. Retrieved https://www.amstat.org/docs/defaultsource/amstat-documents/the-nation's-dataat-risk---report.pdf Political Volatility Technological Pressures CC4.0 by Kim Scarborough from Chicago, IL, More Spaghetti, I Say Underinvestment Icon made by Pavani TLN from www.flaticon.com Pressures on Public Data Infrastructure Political Pressures Data Rescue Project www.datarescueproject.org/ bsky.app/profile/datarescueproject.org www.datarescueproject.org/ bsky.app/profile/datarescueproject.org www.datarescueproject.org/ bsky.app/profile/datarescueproject.org Our mission The Data Rescue Project serves as a lifeboat for atrisk US Governmental Datasets. Our dedicated steering committee and community of volunteers work towards the continued and robust accessibility of these at-risk datasets. Data Rescue Project