Thank you, Theresa!

Federal data integrity matters, and we need improved and holistic auditing. @csmarcum.bsky.social tells us more. #statsky #federaldata #defenddata #defendresearch

the coverpage from the report with the same title

With support from Funders for the Future of Public Data, I'm pleased to release this report on the "Integrity of Public Access to Federal Data: Evaluating Disruptions to Open Government Data, 2025-2026" into the world:

https://www.chrismarcum.com/data-integrity/

Jason Owen-Smith lays out the risks of market concentration and perverse incentives created by for-profit scholarly publishers for academic careers in this excellent Congressional testimony given today at House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology I&O […]

As Mark Graham says in this excellent article by WIRED , it's ironic that journalists depend upon the Internet Archive for their research and yet their own publishers are blocking essential archiving routines of their own websites […]

Listening live to Chris Bourg on the 25th Anniversary celebration of MIT OpenCourseWare and she gave a great shout out of support to the 2022 OSTP Public Access Policy. She said that more than 60% of MIT scholars are in compliance with federal public access policies, which is incredible :) […]

Cole Donovan from the Federation of American Scientists has powerful ideas for sustaining material and digital acc collections alike in the age AI. He uses the cooperative stewardship model to demonstrate how responsible data governance for AI demands stronger fidelity to curation standards and […]

Tabby stands on hind legs with one paw outstretched toward a TV displaying a capsule above water.

NASA failed to predict the real splashdown risk.

The top part of the Moon is illuminated. The gray cratered surface stands out against the blackness of space. The Earth appears in the far distance as an upside-down crescent moon shape. There is some lens flare in the top part and center of the image. Credit: NASA

okay i change my mind, THIS is one of the best and most beautiful images from artemis ii

I thought when I saw this - wow, a Hopper I'm unfamiliar with.

Today would be a good day for Congress to pass a law implementing no first use doctrine.

This is gonna be weird. 🪭

A small bird perched on a branch with blue-gray wings, a bright yellow chest, and black necklace markings. Photographed in Barkhamsted, Connecticut.

A Canada Warbler rocking that iconic necklace. Can’t wait for spring migration! #BirdOfTheDay #Warblers

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography

The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it.

This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.

sciences.social/@csmarcum/11...

The "government-wide" ban on journal subscription and article processing charges in the President's Budget Request is wild - there's lots of weasel words so we'll have to wait to see what this means in practice […]
https://sciences.social/@csmarcum/116341836629757346 . Original post bridged here.

There are certainly corporeal, albeit mysterious, ways to end up unexpectedly at a Waffle House. this is some fantastic reporting:
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/fema-gregg...

Another big surprise contained in today's budget proposal: A government wide ban on using federal funds for "expensive" scientific publishing.

This shows the issue is a “broader conversation happening across the government” beyond just the NIH, says @csmarcum.bsky.social.

The "government-wide" ban on journal subscription and article processing charges in the President's Budget Request is wild - there's lots of weasel words so we'll have to wait to see what this means in practice […]

Here is some excellent reporting by Jeffrey Brainard on the SCORE work by Brian Nosek et al. in Science Magazine: www.science.org/content/article/across-s...

I agree with Brian: the failure to replicate is not an indictment of the original […]

The "government-wide" ban on journal subscription and article processing charges in the President's Budget Request is wild - there's lots of weasel words so we'll have to wait to see what this means in practice […]
https://sciences.social/@csmarcum/116341836629757346 . Original post bridged here.

To be clear - in 2024 and 2025, we able to get about $80M for NCSES. That was reduced to $60M in 2026 (which was considered a win). Now at $44M, that's a non-trivial cut for the stats agency. NCSES was the largest account on my Desk. NSDS expires in Sept. so some of the cuts may reflect that too

Overview of changes in NSF funding proposed by the FY 2027 President's Budget Request. Most programs are significantly cut. OMB did not give numbers for STEM and NCSES, so the numbers appear to be increases (they are not).

Giving folks a sense of what the cuts to NSF funding in the 2027 President's Budget Request actually looks like. Note the significant cuts across domains--even to research security! STEM and NCSES aren't captured for prior years, so they appear to be cuts, even though they are not.

Meghan Stuessy and Taylor Knoedl weave together all the major policies and statutes that make up the fabric of the Federal data ecosystem in their new report titled: "Availability of Federal Data: Policy Considerations for Disclosure, Preservation, and Governance." I am grateful to Congressional […]

Aside from the inappropriate use of personal data collected by the US Government for enforcement purposes, law enforcement and surveillance agencies purchasing the data American's willfully give to companies from data brokers represents the most significant data risk of our time […]

We need to fix the inequities in scholarly communication (sci-com): the prestige tax of for-profit publishing and the publish-or-perish culture in the academy has arbitrarily limited the reach of much research around the globe. UNESCO Open Science Toolkit and the United Nations DHL are seeking […]

I'm endlessly grateful to the #InternetArchive for the opportunity to speak about information policy this week with such brilliant and passionate colleagues. IA is a treasure and they are always in need of donations and support: https://archive.org/donate/ . Original post bridged here.

Publishers are opting-out of archiving their Internet content.

www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/blocki... . Original post bridged here.

I pushed a longer version of my AI Companion reply to JB Branch in Issues---now with more robots---to this version on my blog: www.chrismarcum.com/marcum-blog/2026/03/11/A... . Original post bridged here.

It's been a long while since I put on my gerontologist's hat. Amplifying the risks of AI companionship was a good reason to do so for this letter to Issues in Science and Technology in response to J.B. Branch […]
https://sciences.social/@csmarcum/116205846014504639 . Original post bridged here.