Data Mirror

The Datamirror.org Experiment: Preservation Assurance for Federal Research Data

In early 2017, UC3 created Datamirror.org as an independent, dynamic, online mirror of Data.gov, the US federal government’s primary research data portal.  Developed in collaboration with Code for Science & Society (CSS), a non-profit organization supporting innovative uses of technology for public good, Datamirror was intended to provide additional levels of assurance that the significant […]

Ensuring access to critical research data

For the last two months, UC3 have been working with the teams at Data.gov, Data Refuge, Internet Archive, and Code For Science (creators of the Dat Project) to aggregate the government data. Data that spans the globe There are currently volunteers across the country working to discover and preserve publicly funded research, especially climate data, from […]

Government Data At Risk

Government data is at risk, but that is nothing new. The existence of Data.gov, the Federal Open Data Policy, and open government data belies the fact that, historically, a vast amount of government data and digital information is at risk of disappearing in the transition between presidential administrations. For example, between 2008 and 2012, over […]