Researchers at the Brookings Institution are monitoring the Trump administration’s management of federal government data sources.
- Threats to Government Data Are Threats to Democracy, by Andre Perry and Katherine Guyot, The Brookings Institution. Government Executive (February 8, 2018).
Census. The Census Bureau has canceled crucial preparations for the upcoming decennial census because of persistent underfunding and that the Bureau has delayed the next Economic Census. The Census Bureau Director resigned in May 2017 and a replacement has yet to take the helm.
Federal Election Commission. The 2016 biannual election results were released approximately five months late.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The President has proposed its budget by 17 percent, or $1.2 billion and there have reports that the agency banned use of words like “transgender,” “diversity,” and “fetus” in the CDC’s budget request.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Underfunding has caused the Bureau to eliminate statistics on mass layoffs and green jobs. The President has proposed an additional 21 percent cut to the Department of Labor, which houses the BLS.
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