REPORT MISSING FEDERAL CONTENT

Found a federal webpage that's been removed or altered? Document it immediately using these resources and contacts.

TIME-SENSITIVE: Federal content is disappearing daily. Archive first, ask questions later.

IMMEDIATE ACTION PROTOCOL

Archive Immediately

Use Wayback Machine or Archive.today to capture the current state before it's gone forever

Screenshot Evidence

Capture 404 errors, removal notices, or content changes with timestamps

Check Archives

Compare with previous versions to document exactly what changed and when

Contact Organizations

Reach out to transparency groups, journalists, and watchdog organizations

Share with Community

Document findings with Public 404 and social media for collective action

• Archive Immediately

  • Wayback Machine
    https://web.archive.org
    Primary web archiving service - paste the broken URL to save it
  • Archive.today
    https://archive.today
    Alternative archiving service with instant snapshots
  • Perma.cc
    https://perma.cc
    Harvard Law School's permanent link service
  • Conifer (Webrecorder)
    https://conifer.rhizome.org
    High-fidelity web archiving for complex sites

• Report Removals

  • EDGI (Environmental Data & Governance Initiative)
    https://envirodatagov.org
    Environmental data monitoring and preservation
  • MuckRock
    https://www.muckrock.com
    FOIA request platform and transparency journalism
  • Archive Team
    https://github.com/ArchiveTeam
    Distributed preservation efforts
  • Knight First Amendment Institute
    https://knightcolumbia.org
    Government transparency legal advocacy

• Congressional Contacts

House Oversight Committee

Chair: 202-225-5074

Ranking Member: 202-225-5051

oversight.house.gov

Senate Homeland Security

Chair: 202-224-2627

Ranking Member: 202-224-4751

hsgac.senate.gov

Find Your Representatives

  • Find Your House Representative
    https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
  • Find Your Senators
    https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
  • Who Is My Representative?
    https://whoismyrepresentative.com

• Legal & FOIA Resources

  • FOIA.gov
    https://www.foia.gov
    Official Freedom of Information Act portal
  • Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
    https://www.rcfp.org
    First Amendment and open government legal resources
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation
    https://www.eff.org
    Digital rights and government surveillance oversight
  • American Civil Liberties Union
    https://www.aclu.org
    Constitutional rights and government accountability

• Media & Journalists

  • ProPublica
    https://www.propublica.org
    Investigative journalism and tips
  • The Intercept
    https://theintercept.com
    Transparency and accountability journalism
  • Government Executive
    https://www.govexec.com
    Federal government news and analysis

• Technical Tools

  • HTTrack Website Copier
    https://httrack.com
    Download entire websites for offline browsing
  • Wget
    https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
    Command-line web content retrieval tool
  • Wayback Machine APIs
    https://github.com/internetarchive/wayback
    Programmatic access to archived content

• Share on Social Media

Use these hashtags to amplify your reports and connect with the transparency community:

#public404 #DocumentEveryRemoval #GoneDataGone #TransparencyNow #SaveFederalData #FOIA #OpenGovernment #DigitalRights #GovernmentAccountability #ArchiveEverything