Data Refuge is a public, collaborative project designed to address the following concerns about federal climate and environmental data:

What are the best ways to safeguard data?
How do federal agencies play crucial roles in data collection, management, and distribution?
How do government priorities impact data’s accessibility?
Which projects and research fields depend on federal data?
Which data sets are of value to research and local communities, and why?

DataRefuge is also an initiative committed to identifying, assessing, prioritizing, securing, and distributing reliable copies of federal climate and environmental data so that it remains available to researchers. Data collected as part of the #DataRefuge initiative will be stored in multiple, trusted locations to help ensure continued accessibility.

DataRefuge acknowledges--and in fact draws attention to--the fact that there are no guarantees of perfectly safe information. But there are ways that we can create safe and trustworthy copies. DataRefuge is thus also a project to develop the best methods, practices, and protocols to do so.

DataRefuge depends on local communities. We work in partnership with Environmental Data Governance Initiative (EDGI), Climate Mirror, ProjectARCC, and with local collaborators at #ProtectClimateData and other DataRescue events.

This is the data catalog for DataRefuge. To view the Data Refuge website, click here

Please note that the workflow developed in January that has populated most of the datasets found here is no longer being supported as of May 21, 2017. Please contact us with questions.

Code for the Data Refuge CKAN theme can be found here.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)(Datarefuge)
Dec 6, 2017
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is part of the Department of Health and Human Services. Its main goal is to protect public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the US and internationally. The CDC focuses national attention on developing and applying disease control and prevention....
Bureau of Labor Statistics(Datarefuge)
Dec 6, 2017
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.
United States Bureau of Economic Analysis(Data Refuge)
Dec 6, 2017
BEA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Along with the Census Bureau, BEA is part of the Department's Economics and Statistics Administration. BEA produces economic accounts statistics that enable government and business decision-makers, researchers, and the American public to follow and understand the performance of the Nation's econo...
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)(DataRefuge)
Dec 6, 2017
The United States Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is a federal government agency belonging to the U.S. Department of Justice and a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System. The agency publishes data regarding statistics gathered from the roughly fifty-thousand agencies that comprise the U.S. justice system on its website.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(data refuge)
Dec 6, 2017
NOAA's Mission: Science, Service and Stewardship 1. To understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coasts; 2. To share that knowledge and information with others; and 3. To conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Dec 6, 2017
NTIA is the Executive Branch agency that is principally responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy issues. NTIA's programs and policymaking focus largely on expanding broadband Internet access and adoption in America, expanding the use of spectrum by all users, and ensuring that the Internet remains an engin...
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