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. π Hosted by: EssentialData.US, Federation of American Scientists (FAS), Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP), and The Impact Project πββ¬ Deadline: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 11:59 pm ET π―οΈ Submission Note: One submission per dataset, please. In scope: β Datasets that have been removed from public access β Datasets that remain available but further data collections have been terminated β Data elements that were removed from a dataset that still exists β Specialized data tools that provide easy access to the data Not in scope: β Datasets whose status is ambiguous (eg, no staff exist to collect the data, but no official announcement has been made about its termination) β Reports, papers, or analyses that use data, but are not the data sources themselves β Federal websites about a dataset that were pulled down Examples: πͺ¦ USDA Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS) β terminated πͺ¦ EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) β terminated πͺ¦ NOAA Billion-Dollar Disasters Database β terminated πΈοΈ FEMA Future Risk Index β taken down πΈοΈ DHS Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) Open β taken down πΈοΈ CEQ Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) β taken down πΈοΈ EPA Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (EJScreen) β taken down π» OPM FedScope β race and ethnicity data removed π» BJS National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) β gender data removed π» BOP Inmate Statistics β transgender data removed