Please help catalog federal datasets that have been taken down or censored since Trump took office for his second term.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzVsyd1ypzu0E0tomqaAqhNrJLIB-dEALA6BpWrpfxh_Jfwg/viewform

Thanks to #EssentialData.US, the Federation of American Scientists (#FAS), and Public Environmental Data Partners (#PEDP) for launching this project.

For some reason, the deadline is tomorrow, Oct 29.

#Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Memorialize the federal datasets that have been terminated or removed

This Halloween season, we're remembering the federal datasets that have met an untimely end β€” the ones that were terminated or removed since January 20, 2025. Help us memorialize these Dearly Departed Datasets so we can all understand what was lost and why they matter. πŸŒ• Hosted by: EssentialData.US, Federation of American Scientists (FAS), Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP), and The Impact Project πŸˆβ€β¬› Deadline: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 11:59 pm ET πŸ•―οΈ Submission Note: One submission per dataset, please. In scope: βœ… Datasets that have been removed from public access βœ… Datasets that remain available but further data collections have been terminated βœ… Data elements that were removed from a dataset that still exists βœ… Specialized data tools that provide easy access to the data Not in scope: ❌ Datasets whose status is ambiguous (eg, no staff exist to collect the data, but no official announcement has been made about its termination) ❌ Reports, papers, or analyses that use data, but are not the data sources themselves ❌ Federal websites about a dataset that were pulled down Examples: πŸͺ¦ USDA Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS) β€” terminated πŸͺ¦ EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) β€” terminated πŸͺ¦ NOAA Billion-Dollar Disasters Database β€” terminated πŸ•ΈοΈ FEMA Future Risk Index β€” taken down πŸ•ΈοΈ DHS Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) Open β€” taken down πŸ•ΈοΈ CEQ Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) β€” taken down πŸ•ΈοΈ EPA Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (EJScreen) β€” taken down πŸ‘» OPM FedScope β€” race and ethnicity data removed πŸ‘» BJS National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) β€” gender data removed πŸ‘» BOP Inmate Statistics β€” transgender data removed

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