#Water use and availability information disappearing in the US. Praying that some reliable #InternetArchive cached downloaded and saved the data before it began to vanish.
At least the #USGS is still able to own up to removing this info from public view (and possibly possibly from existence).
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/nwisweb-decommission-campaign2/
US Department of Justice: Two Virginia Men Arrested for Conspiring to Destroy Government Databases. “According to court documents, brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, both 34, of Alexandria, Virginia, were indicted on Nov. 13 for conspiring to delete databases used to store U.S. government information. Both men were federal contractors.”
Gizmodo: The White House Is Going to Put Government Statistics on the Blockchain (Yeah, We Don’t Know Why Either). “President Donald Trump held a televised ‘cabinet meeting’ at the White House on Tuesday that clocked in at over 3 hours and 15 minutes. It was a marathon session of ass-kissing from the Trump regime’s most despicable characters. But the announcement that really stood out to […]
Microsoft outsourced U.S. government cloud support to China - because nothing says "secure government systems" like having sensitive data maintained overseas 🤔 Their competitors AWS, Google, and Oracle all avoid China-based support for federal contracts. Sometimes knowing which clouds to avoid IS the strategy ☁️
Microsoft used China-based engineering teams to maintain cloud computing systems for multiple federal departments including Justice, Treasury, and Commerce, extending the practice beyond the Defense Department that the company announced last week it would discontinue. The work occurred within Micros...
>>The problems have led staff at certain agencies to rely more on statistical estimates than hard data, potentially fueling volatility in benchmarks, particularly for inflation readings from the Labor Department. Falling response rates to government surveys, coupled with pandemic-driven seasonal quirks and long-standing budget strains, have made it harder to collect and analyze reliable data — including for an employment report due Thursday. Agencies have also shed staff through early retirements, deferred resignations and normal attrition.<<
#USPol #USEconomy #AmericanDecline #GIGO #GovernmentData #FaultyData #JobsReport
The Trump administration has been heavily invested in consolidating all of the government’s information into a single searchable, or perhaps AI-queryable, super database. The compiling of all of this information is being done with the dubious justification of efficiency and modernization–however,...
Harvard Libraries: Harvard Library Guide to Public Data Conservation. “Public data collected and maintained by federal, state, and municipal governments is a critical resource for the Harvard community. Harvard Library is committed to helping researchers maintain access to the information they rely on. This guide provides resources and recommended pathways for researchers concerned about […]
A great source of US government data from late 2024 onward, to counter its erosion.
#Governmentdata #freeinformation #archive #science #preservation #braindrain
https://source.coop/repositories/harvard-lil/gov-data/description
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