#FederalData
Below is a thread of federal government data being taken down this week. 🧵

It’s a growing list. Feel free to add others I’ve missed.

#federaldata #governmentdata #datapurge
CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -- which, since 1990, has tracked high school students' behaviors that can influence health and social outcomes (like smoking, drug use, and dietary habits) -- is now offline
January 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Adding more to the list of #federaldata #datapurge
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HSRA’s Area Health Resource File is offline. AHRF “provides data on health care professions, health facilities, population characteristics, economics, health professions training, hospital utilization, hospital expenditures, and environment at the county, state, and national levels”
February 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Another one. The USAID database of all foreign aid funding by country and program going back years and used by so many of us. www.foreignassistance.gov

#federaldata #governmentdata #datapurge
February 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"We call upon elected officials to respect and preserve the independence of the nation's statistical infrastructure."

#econsky #statistics #data #datascience #federalstatistics #datainfrastructure #federaldata #economicstatistics #officialstatistics #statisticalagencies #infrastructure
August 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Curious what any attorneys have to say about the legality of tax-payer funded, Congressionally approved data going dark?

#federaldata
Below is a thread of federal government data being taken down this week. 🧵

It’s a growing list. Feel free to add others I’ve missed.

#federaldata #governmentdata #datapurge
CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -- which, since 1990, has tracked high school students' behaviors that can influence health and social outcomes (like smoking, drug use, and dietary habits) -- is now offline
January 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
USAID's entire website is down.

#federaldata #governmentdata #datapurge
February 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Federal data integrity matters, and we need improved and holistic auditing. @csmarcum.bsky.social tells us more. #statsky #federaldata #defenddata #defendresearch
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/
April 17, 2026 at 6:01 PM
We think the removal of #FederalData is pretty fowl. Check out our website, consider joining our flock, and learn how to make your #DataRescue skills take flight:

www.datarescueproject.org
September 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Data Rescue Project (formerly @datarescue2025) website has launched. Please share, read the FAQ about how to contribute, and sign up for the mailing list to receive updates. More info to come!

#datarescue #datalibs #federaldata
February 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
New post! It's the second installment in our series on the significance of federal data. This one on teaching students where data comes from! 🐣

#FederalData
Guest Post: Eggs Don’t Grow on Trees and Neither Does Data: How to Teach K-12 Students Where Data Comes From
Second in a series of posts about federal data and the Federal Statistical System.
www.datarescueproject.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"If the next Commissioner passes through confirmation with these principles affirmed, then the success of the BLS in coming years will be vastly more likely."

#econsky #statistics #data #datascience #federalstatistics #datainfrastructure #federaldata #economicstatistics
August 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The loss of these datasets will impact every American! The Deleted Data Series (www.theguardian.com/us-news/seri...) from @theguardian.com shines a much needed light on this. Most people have no idea public assets paid for by our tax dollars are being quietly dismantled. #federaldata #researchdata
The Trump administration is deleting government data. From infant deaths to hunger, here are five ways it’s hurting Americans
This information was used to understand the problems Americans face. The consequences of its erasure, experts warn, could affect generations to come
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2026 at 10:43 PM
If you haven't heard, POTUS had a lot of useful data just flat-out purged.

The Good News is that unlike 1933, that information isn't lost forever.

Folks have been expecting this, and I'm grateful that it has been saved/archived. Share this widely.

#Archives #FuckTrump #Reddit
All U.S. federal government websites are already archived by the End of Term Web Archive
Here's all the information you might need. Official website: https://eotarchive.org/ Wikipedia:...
old.reddit.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
🥚 Federal data is the forgotten egg in the cake we all rely on.

It shapes so much of our everyday life—yet most people don’t realize it.

We dig into why this invisible infrastructure matters—and what happens if we lose it.

Because without the eggs, there’s no cake. 🎂

#FederalData #PublicGood
September 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
My stellar librarian colleagues have put together a guide for tracking and finding federal data. #medlibs #librarians #federaldata

Please share widely: libguides.umn.edu/c.php?g=1449...
Research Guides: Finding Government Information during the 2025 Administration Transition: Data & Website Rescue Efforts
This guide will point to resources that identify and track steps taken by the Trump administration and Congress to scale back or eliminate access to federal government information. It also provides l...
libguides.umn.edu
February 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I am attending @asa-scipol.bsky.social's panel on #federaldata at #JSM2025. You should, too. 👏Steve and @clairemkbowen.bsky.social. Assessing the Health of the Federal Statistical Agencies, Sunday August 3, 4 PM CT, CC-104C. #statssky #defenddata #defendresearch
www.amstat.org
July 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM