The DRP has been pleased to be part of a growing coalition concerned about the future of humanitarian archives amid challenges to foreign aid funding.  In response to these concerns, a Steering Commi...

The Census Bureau has proposed unprecedented changes to the 2030 Census. Public comment closes October 13, 2026. Here's what's proposed and how to weigh in.

Since our earliest days, we have used a Google spreadsheet to track and manage the dataset rescue workflow, ensuring that data identified as at-risk are preserved, curated, and made accessible. The…

Preserving public data

We are excited to announce that over the course of this summer, due in no small part to the hard work of our wonderful metadata analyst and volunteer coordinator, we have overhauled our data rescue wo...

Explore the value and the fragility of refugee and naturalisation collections in this Research Routes event.

Join us for the online launch of the State of the Humanitarian System (SOHS) report 2026 at 09:00 UTC to explore the findings from the report and discussions on key themes.

We are excited to announce that over the course of this summer, due in no small part to the hard work of our wonderful metadata analyst and volunteer coordinator, we have overhauled our data rescue wo...

Today’s post is an interview with our new Volunteer Coordinator! The DRP is able to offer this position because of the generous support of the Portfolio to Protect Science, a fiscally sponsored…

ALT: Magnitude's Iconic 'Pop Pop!'

At just about every presentation, webinar, interview, and hackathon, not to mention in-passing conversations and speculative Bluesky posts, we’re asked: “But exactly how many datasets have been remove...

Below is a guest post from Michelle Crosby and Steve Pierson of the American Statistical Association. The American Statistical Association (ASA) “FedStat Health” project team recently released its…

Below is a guest post from Michelle Crosby and Steve Pierson of the American Statistical Association. The American Statistical Association (ASA) “FedStat Health” project team recently released its…

ICPSR has been an integral partner in the work to back up and advocate for public data. Without ICPSR’s DataLumos, the volunteers of the Data Rescue Project would not have had the infrastructure neces...

Save Our Signs aims to document every sign in the more than 400 national parks and historic sites across the country before the Trump administration removes them

The DRP Steering Committee is excited about the release of the draft Strategic Plan of the Coalition for Resilient Research Data Infrastructure (CRRDI). DRP Director Lynda Kellam has been working with...