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 […]
DoE deletes energy conservation information as heatwave hits the US
From the Verve: “White House deletes thousands of web pages about energy conservation as heatwave slams US.” The US Department of Energy reportedly deleted about 6,000 pages related to energy conservation as a historic heatwave tears across the country. This seems to have been a response to NYC Mayor Mamdani asking NYers to keep air […]
New bill would remove the PACER paywall
The records of U.S. federal courts are available though the paywalled Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system, which has been called “costly, outdated and difficult to navigate.” A new version of “The Open Courts Act” would instruct the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to develop a new system to replace PACER. The […]
“Libraries and Public Access to Federal Data”. Chris Marcum interviewed by Public Data Project
(full disclosure: I am a board member on the Public Data Project) On May 7, 2026, Molly Hardy, Project Lead for the Public Data Project, sat down for an interview with Chris Marcum, Senior Fellow for Data Policy at the Data Foundation and former Senior Statistician at the White House Office of Management and Budget […]