From the San Diego Union-Tribune:
The challenges underlying digital preservation led Congress in 2000 to appropriate $100 million for the Library of Congress to lead the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, or NDIIPP, a growing partnership of 67 organizations charged with preserving and making accessible “born digital” information for current and future generations.
Some of the crucial programs funded by NDIIPP include the archiving of important Web sites such as those covering federal elections and Hurricane Katrina; public health, geospatial and map data; public television and foreign news broadcasts; and other vital born-digital content.
Unfortunately, the program is threatened. In February, Congress passed and the president signed legislation rescinding $47 million of the program’s approved funding. This jeopardizes an additional $37 million in matching, non-federal funds that partners would contribute as in-kind donations.