Resilience in Times of Crisis: The Data Rescue Project

Data Rescue Project Lynda Kellam @lyndamk | @datarescueproject.org Resilience in Times of Crisis 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 What are public federal data resources? Office of Management and Budget. 2025. Statistical Programs of the United States Government FY 2023. https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2025/01/FY23-Blue-BookStatistical-Programs.pdf. 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 The data produced by this system are “widely trusted, widely used, and often the most authoritative source of information available on a variety of topics.” Congressional Research Service. 2024. The Federal Statistical System: An Overview. Legislation. Congressional Research Service Reports. https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48161. 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 What’s happening? US gov’t data resources and websites are being ▪removed ▪altered ▪made inaccessible or endangered 2025 United States government online resource removals - Wikipedia End of Term Web Archive https://eotarchive.org Environmental Data & Governance Initiative https://envirodatagov.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 ●Coordinate ●Communicate ●Curate ●Conserve 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 Data Rescue Event Toolkit ●November 13 at 1pm – RDAP/DRP Hackathon ○https://rdapassociation. org/news/13502380 osf.io/zbdxt/ 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 Share your data user story! Submit your story today! 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 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 Data Rescue Project How do we build resilience? ●Distributed infrastructures ●Policy continuity ●Community networks ●Documentation 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 The Data Rescues as a Resilient Infrastructure? 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 The Data Rescue Project as a Resilient Structure ●Resilience is social ●Openness requires stewardship ●Crises can catalyze coordination … BUT ●We need to play a better long game 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 Questions for this community 1.What are the “open science assets” in your region or country that might be vulnerable? 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 Questions for this community 1.What are the “open science assets” in your region or country that might be vulnerable? 2.What networks, volunteers, and archival partnerships exist or could be built to safeguard those assets? 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 Questions for this community 1.What are the “open science assets” in your region or country that might be vulnerable? 2.What networks, volunteers, archival partnerships exist or could be built to safeguard those assets? 3.What policies/workflows exist or could be designed to support open science that include “rescue readiness”?