Finding Lost Government Data

• GovDiff
  • Compare government websites before and after January 20, 2025
  • Tool shows side-by-side changes in government websites
• Klaxon Cloud
  • A browser add-on that sends email notifications whenever there is an update to a page 
  • Notifications contain a link to the new snapshot, an option to download a copy of changes, and the ability to visualize changes in the Wayback Machine.
• Diffchecker
  • Compare text to find the difference between two text files
  • An easy and intuitive tool to compare text and find differences
  • Available as an online tool or desktop version
• MIT's Checklist for USA Federal Data Backups
  • This checklist provides steps you can take to ensure the government data you use in your research remains accessible to you and others.
  • Checklist is accompanied by a supplemental guide
• SAFE-Track
  • Secure, anonymous federal evidence, data and analysis tracking
  • The Data Foundation's SAFE-Track portal provides a secure, encrypted channel for documenting changes to federal evidence and data activities.

IPUMS Global Health—Challenges and Solutions to Combining Data from IPUMS Global Health Surveys

• Webinar from IPUMS about how to work with the rescued DHS datasets
• Identifies the main challenges to combining data across IPUMS Global Health data collections
• Describes ongoing work to increase the interoperability of IPUMS three surveys