The Trump administration has been accused of eroding government records, particularly in the case of the Bush Presidential Library, where records from the Bush administration are stored. The author points out that citizens of the United States have a right to access unclassified government records. This right has been historically upheld by citizens who have sued the government for access to classified records. However, the administration's Department of Justice has issued an opinion that the president does not need to preserve his communications, despite President Donald Trump's announcement that his presidential library in Florida would not actually have a library. The article also notes that government libraries have been shuttered and their contents have been removed from the internet, with many of these items being cataloged. The State Department's annual country Human Rights Reports now omit the section on the human rights of women, which has been a standard part of reporting since its inception. The National Center for Research on Weather and Atmospheric Research is set to be closed and its headquarters to be sold.