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Farmers sued the USDA over deleted data — and it worked

Data Sources / climate, government, New York Times, USDA

In February, farmers sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture for removing data related…
NOAA database for extreme weather disasters cancelled

Data Sources / climate, government, NOAA, takedown

The NOAA database, dubbed Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters, tracked events that exceeded…
Air quality monitoring suspended at national parks

Statistics / air quality, government, monitor, Washington Post

It’s a temporary suspension, for now. For the Washington Post, Maxine Joselow reports:…
Lawsuits against executive orders

Statistical Visualization / Bloomberg, executive order, government, lawsuit

For Bloomberg, Zoe Tillman and Christopher Cannon break down the lawsuits against the…
Universities that received federal funding for research

Maps / funding, government, research, university

Big universities more often make the news, but the freeze in federal funding…
Charts for Trump’s first 100 days

Statistical Visualization / economy, government

News outlets tend to highlight the first 100 days of a new administration,…
Maps of where federal employees work

Maps / employment, government, New York Times

When you think about people who work for the U.S. federal government, you…
Halt of data collection that measures American society

Data Sharing / government, ProPublica, takedown, transparency

As data provides ways to more accurately estimate how things are going, the…
List of NOAA datasets to be discontinued

Data Sources / government, NOAA, takedown

If you use NOAA data, now seems like a good time to download…
DOGE possibly extracted data from National Labor Relations Board, whistleblower discloses

Data Sharing / DOGE, government, NLRB, NPR, privacy

DOGE engineers were at the NLRB for a week but didn’t specify what…
IRS agrees to send immigrant tax data to ICE

Data Sharing / Associated Press, ethics, government, immigration, IRS

For Associated Press, Fatima Hussein reports:
The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue…
Economic impact of federal health research cuts

Maps / funding, government, health, research

The Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMap) estimates the impact of proposed…
Wall of receipts is wall of inconsistent records

Mistaken Data / DOGE, government, spending, Upshot

The “Department of Government Efficiency” keeps a “Wall of Receipts” to signal transparency…
Instead of lying with data, just delete it altogether

Data Sharing / government, takedown, transparency, Washington Post

Amanda Shendruk and Catherine Rampell, for Washington Post Opinion, highlight the current strategies…
$38b of government money that funded Musk companies

Statistical Visualization / Elon Musk, government, spending, Washington Post

Elon Musk has been critical of government spending, as he and DOGE fire…
Frozen government money pipe

Data Sources / government, Planet Money, spending, transparency, treasury

Planet Money explains the Daily Treasury Statement from the U.S. Treasury. The data…
USDA sued for removing climate data

Data Sharing / climate, government, takedown, USDA

Farming and environmental groups are suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture for removing…
Government revenue and spending diagram

Statistical Visualization / government, revenue, spending, USAFacts

In case you’re wondering about government spending and budgets, USAFacts has a Sankey…
$8 billion was actually $8 million in DOGE mistake

Mistaken Data / DOGE, funding, government, Upshot

The DOGE site has a “wall of receipts” that claims $55 billion in…
Charting data that might disappear soon

Statistical Visualization / government, takedown, Washington Post

The administration continues its takedown of data that it doesn’t agree with. To…

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