Federal Data Users

Data friends, One of the most common questions I get from journalists is, what datasets have actually disappeared? In a collaboration between PEDP, FAS, and EssentialData.US, we are crowdsourcing a list to answer that question. We'll research each of the submissions and publish the memorials on Halloween.

Please share any losses to datasets, data elements, or tools and what that dearly departed data meant to you. Please share widely with your networks, and submit your own obits for the data you are missing in your life.

🐈‍⬛ Deadline: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 11:59 pm ET

🕯️ Submit here: Memorialize the federal datasets that have been terminated or removed

Thank you!

Data friends, One of the most common questions I get from journalists is, what datasets have actually disappeared? In a collaboration between PEDP, FAS, and EssentialData.US, we are crowdsourcing a list to answer that question. We'll research each of the submissions and publish the memorials on Halloween.

Please share any losses to datasets, data elements, or tools and what that dearly departed data meant to you. Please share widely with your networks, and submit your own obits for the data you are missing in your life.

🐈‍⬛ Deadline: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 11:59 pm ET

🕯️ Submit here: Memorialize the federal datasets that have been terminated or removed

Thank you!

Denice, how far back are you looking? Are you specifically asking about federal data sources lost in the most recent rounds of agency cuts? I've lost several useful sources over the past few years, but not necessarily recently. For example, a lot of BEA data was discontinued in summer 2024 (https://www.bea.gov/itable/discontinued-data-tables) due to budget constraints. 

Is there any place to see the list so far?

GR

Data friends, One of the most common questions I get from journalists is, what datasets have actually disappeared? In a collaboration between PEDP, FAS, and EssentialData.US, we are crowdsourcing a list to answer that question. We'll research each of the submissions and publish the memorials on Halloween.

Please share any losses to datasets, data elements, or tools and what that dearly departed data meant to you. Please share widely with your networks, and submit your own obits for the data you are missing in your life.

🐈‍⬛ Deadline: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 11:59 pm ET

🕯️ Submit here: Memorialize the federal datasets that have been terminated or removed

Thank you!

Data friends, One of the most common questions I get from journalists is, what datasets have actually disappeared? In a collaboration between PEDP, FAS, and EssentialData.US, we are crowdsourcing a list to answer that question. We'll research each of the submissions and publish the memorials on Halloween.

Please share any losses to datasets, data elements, or tools and what that dearly departed data meant to you. Please share widely with your networks, and submit your own obits for the data you are missing in your life.

🐈‍⬛ Deadline: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 11:59 pm ET

🕯️ Submit here: Memorialize the federal datasets that have been terminated or removed

Thank you!