Essential New Book! “Data Are Made, Not Found”
A new book by dana boyd provides an ethnographic study of the 2020 US Decennial Census.
Check out US gov graph network visualization of the US (and SF!) government. Thanks CivLab
Wow check out this very cool visualization of the federal govt (and SF city govt!) called US GOV GRAPH. CivLab has built a complete data model of the United States federal government – entities, positions, people, and the legal relationships between them. It shows every entity in all three branches of the federal government with […]
Future Knowledge podcast episode: The Fight for the Public Record
Check out the latest episode of the Future Knowledge podcast “The fight for the public record.” Hosted by the Internet Archive and the Authors Alliance, Future Knowledge “explores the intersection of technology, culture, and information policy with leading authors, scholars, and experts.” This episode is a conversation between Merrilee Proffitt (Democracy’s Library at the Internet […]
NARA proposing to shut down San Bruno/San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle facilities. We need YOU to stop it from happening!
The Federal News Network broke the news last month that the “National Archives to transition out of three federal records centers.” NARA is proposing to close down the regional facilities in San Bruno/San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle. Sources say that records may be removed from these facilities as early as this September and relocate its […]
EEOC proposes rule to end its demographic reporting requirements
[Editor update 7/23/2026: Don’t just take my word for it. See this story in yesterday’s NY Times “Where U.S. Government Data Is Disappearing”] [Editor’s note 7/24/2026: EEOC has now published its proposed rule change in the Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/23/2026-14937/removal-of-reporting-requirements] The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is issuing a proposed rule to rescind and remove the […]