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EEOC proposes rule to end its demographic reporting requirements
[Editor update 7/23/2026: Don’t just take my word for it. See this story in yesterday’s NY Times “Where U.S. Government Data Is Disappearing”] [Editor’s note 7/24/2026: EEOC has now published its proposed rule change in the Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/23/2026-14937/removal-of-reporting-requirements] The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is issuing a proposed rule to rescind and remove the […]
CRS report on availability of federal data
As soon as I hit “publish” on the ongoing destruction of federal agencies, someone sent this to me. Check out this recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report on federal data availability. Availability of Federal Data: Policy Considerations for Disclosure, Preservation, and Governance. CRS Report R48889. March 31, 2026. Throughout 2025, media reports have suggested that […]
A Disappearing Data Chronology
A new publication from George Washington University's National Security Archive: A Disappearing Data Chronology By Rachel Santarsiero, National Security Archive, George Washington University (Mar 30, 2026) Today, the National Security Archive published a Disappearing Data Chronology that tracks fundamental changes to the federal information landscape under the Trump administration, including major data losses and restorations, […]
The Trump administration is disappearing climate change data
Our friend from the Environmental Data Governance Initiative (EDGI), Gretchen Gehrke, just wrote an extremely important op-ed for The Hill. It is a succinct but powerful statement about what the Trump administration is doing to destroy the accessibility of federal data and the long-standing trust of the federal statistical ecosystem. I hope all of our […]
Vanishing data undermines public policy globally
The alteration and removal of data collected by the US Federal Government will have effects world wide. Researchers around the world rely on good, accurate, timely, and historical data provided, maintained, and preserved by the US government. A recent article describes this situation for Canada: Vanishing data in the U.S. undermines good public policy, with […]
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