About Data Rescue Project

The Data Rescue Project started in February 2025 as a coordinated effort of three data organizations, including members of IASSIST, RDAP, and 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 that are currently at risk. We want to know what is happening in the community so that we can coordinate focus. Efforts include: data gathering, data curation and cleaning, data cataloging, and providing sustained access and distribution of data assets.

Steering Committee and Founding Members

Lena Bohman
Kathleen Burlingame, Data & Society, @katscade.bsky.social
Halle Burns, @halle-burns.bsky.social
Lynda Kellam, IASSIST, @lyndamk.bsky.social‬
Sebastian Majstorovic, EleutherAI, @storytracer.org‬
Mikala Narlock
DataDarner

The Steering Committee wants to thank all of the volunteers who have worked many hours rescuing data! We also want to thank SUCHO: Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online for their assistance and support throughout this effort.

We have compiled an overview of ongoing data rescue efforts and helpful data rescue resources:

How can I help?

If you would like to get involved in the Data Rescue Project, please read our FAQ:

FAQ

Staying in touch

For regular updates, follow our BlueSky account @datarescueproject.org and subscribe to our mailing list.

You can email us at datarescueproject@protonmail.com. If you want to send us a secure, encrypted email, you can sign up for a free account at protonmail.com or use our public PGP key: https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=datarescueproject%40protonmail.com.

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