January 31, 2025, is infamous as the day thousands of federal datasets and webpages went dark. While many of these resources have since been restored–often after being scrubbed of references to gender, DEI, and climate–they continue to face significant risks. In the webinar, we mark the one-year anniversary of this takedown to discuss the current state of federal data and recognize the immense amount of work that has been done to defend these public resources. Leaders from the data community will share insights on monitoring tools they have developed and the actions being taken to safeguard essential federal data. This webinar is cohosted by dataindex.us and the Association of Public Data Users. 0:00 Introduction 2:53 EssentialData.US x Federation of American Scientists 6:51 American Statistical Association 10:31 CDC Data Project 14:17 Friends of BLS 17:50 Public Environmental Data Partners 21:24 The Leadership Conference Education Fund 26:26 Movement Advancement Project 30:37 Population Association of America 35:05 Democracy 2025 40:42 Data Rescue Project 44:16 Population Reference Bureau 47:14 Association of Public Data Users 50:10 dataindex.us 55:19 Conclusion

January 31, 2025, is infamous as the day thousands of federal datasets and webpages went dark. While many of these resources have since been restored–often after being scrubbed of references to gender...

January 31, 2025, is infamous as the day thousands of federal datasets and webpages went dark. While many of these resources have since been restored–often after being scrubbed of references to gender...

Did you know the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is up for renewal? With the April 2025 layoff of the entire CDC team that managed PRAMS and disruptions to PRAMS data access and publication, the open Federal Register Notice—accepting public comments until January 20, 2026—offers an important opportunity to emphasize the value of this dataset. (You can read the full notice here: https://tinyurl.com/PRAMS-FRN). In this Rapid Response Data Briefing, speakers explain: - What's in PRAMS - Why PRAMS is important - The risks facing its continued collection and publication - How you can help support this essential data resource Speakers include: - Dr. Rita Hamad, Professor of Social Epidemiology and Public Policy at Harvard School of Public Health - Dr. Michael Warren, Chief Medical and Health Officer at March of Dimes - Denice Ross, former U.S. Chief Data Scientist - Meghan Maury, former Senior Advisor for Data Policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy The webinar is moderated by Beth Jarosz, Vice President of the Association of Public Data Users. This Rapid Response Data Briefing is brought to you by dataindex.us, Association of Public Data Users, Population Reference Bureau, March of Dimes, and Population Association of America.