Motherboard – Researchers are preparing for Trump to Delete Government Science From the Web Written by Jason Koebler, December 13, 2016 – “When Donald Trump takes over the federal government on January 21, his administration will also gain complete control over much of the .gov suite of websites, which currently hosts a treasure trove of publicly available, taxpayer-funded scientific research. The academic world is bracing itself: Will that data remain available after his transition? Scientists and university professors all around the country and in Canada believe we’re about to see widespread whitewashing and redaction of already published, publicly available taxpayer-funded scientific research, databases, and interactive tools, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Sea Level Rise viewer, NASA’s suite of climate change apps, and the Environmental Protection Agency’s maps of the country’s worst polluters. They also expect to see censorship, misrepresentation, and minimization of new government-funded research, specifically regarding climate change…”

• See also WaPo – Scientists are copying U.S. climate data, fearing it might vanish under Trump
• See also Politico- Fears rise of Trump-era ‘memory hole’ in federal data – “…Some of the challenges in archiving government websites are more technical than political. As websites become more sophisticated, traditional web pages with static content are becoming less common, while content specifically generated for an individual user is now more frequent, although still far from prevalent on government sites…”