Data.gov

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Contains 300,000 datasets totaling 16TB of US federal public data

About

The Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab released a Data.gov archive on Source Cooperative
- Source.coop is a data publishing utility that lets organizations and individuals share data using standard HTTP methods
US federal public datasets collected during 2024–2025, 16TB in size, containing more than 311,000 datasets
Planned to be updated daily as new datasets are added to Data.gov
The first release of the "Data Vault project", which preserves and authenticates important public datasets for academic research, policymaking, and public use
- Built as part of a long-standing effort to preserve government records and improve access to public information
Strengthening the role of libraries
- Preserving government records and improving access to public information
- Preserving detailed metadata and applying digital signatures so researchers and the public can easily cite and access the information they need
Open-source tools and documentation provided in the GitHub repository
- Similar repositories can be built
- Helps anyone extend data preservation and accessibility
Related projects and support
- Perma.cc - Web archiving tool used by courts, law journals, and law firms
- Caselaw Access Project - Project that publishes US case law data
- Century Scale Storage - Research on long-term digital preservation
- Supported by the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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