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Monitoring America's federal data infrastructure from dataset availability and new releases to planned and unplanned changes to collections.
The Day Federal Data Went Dark: A Year of Monitoring and Action

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January 15, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Thank you to the hundreds of attendees at our Rapid Response Data Briefing on the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS).

Check out the webinar to learn about PRAMS and the risks it's facing.

Make sure to submit comments about why PRAMS is essential by 1/20/26. tinyurl.com/PRAMS-FRN
Rapid Response Data Briefing: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
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.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:46 PM
📌 Take Action on the Survey of the Week: National Survey of Children's Health

🔍 Take Action! posts feature proposals for federal collections that are seeking public input.

✍️ Check out more opportunities to tell the government what you think. dataindex.us/newsletter/a...
January 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Reminder to tune in to our Rapid Response Data Briefing next Thursday, January 8, at 2:00 PM ET to learn—in just 30 minutes—how you can support PRAMS and the critical data it provides.

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Rapid Response Data Briefing: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

Join us to learn:
🔵 What's in PRAMS
🔵 Why it's important
🔵 The risks facing its continued collection and publication
🔵 How you can help support this essential data resource

Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Rapid Response Data Briefing: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

Join us to learn:
🔵 What's in PRAMS
🔵 Why it's important
🔵 The risks facing its continued collection and publication
🔵 How you can help support this essential data resource

Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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We are pleased to announce that we have archived all of the layers from the defunct HIFLD Open GIS repository! A big thanks to Frank Donnelly and all the volunteers who helped out, especially tripleshrimp, ciarra, sefk, and Frank's students!
Explore more: www.datarescueproject.org/hifld-data-s...
December 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📌 Take Action on the Data Regulation of the Week: Collection and Use of Biometrics by USCIS

🔍 Take Action! blogs feature proposals for federal collections that are seeking public input.

✍️ Check out more opportunities to tell the government what you think. dataindex.us/newsletter/a...
December 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
📌 Take Action on the Data Sharing Notice of the Week: Master Files of SSN Holders and Applications

🔍 The Take Action! newsletter features proposals for federal collections that are seeking public input.

✍️ Check out opportunities to tell the government what you think. dataindex.us/newsletter/a...
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-11-25
30 new ICRs were received by OMB
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-11-24
17 new ICRs were received by OMB
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-11-21
29 new ICRs were received by OMB
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-11-18
14 new ICRs were received by OMB
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-11-17
22 new ICRs were received by OMB
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-11-13
16 new ICRs were received by OMB
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-11-12
1 new ICRs were received by OMB
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-11-10
50 new ICRs were received by OMB
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-11-05
1 new ICRs were received by OMB
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-11-04
8 new ICRs were received by OMB
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-11-03
4 new ICRs were received by OMB
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
⏰ Reminder: Our Food Security Supplement comment form closes TODAY, Mon Nov 3.

Submit a comment advocating to reinstate the CPS-FSS and we’ll send it to your state’s Dept. of Agriculture. It can be short or long – what matters is sharing how this data impacts you, your work, and your community.
Submit a Comment to Save the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS)
Termination: On September 20, 2025, USDA announced the termination of the Food Security Supplement (FSS). This critical dataset, collected through the Current Population Survey by the U.S. Census Bure...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-10-29
3 new ICRs were received by OMB
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Our latest blog post debunks claims that the recently terminated Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey was “redundant.”

In reality, no other survey is capable of replacing it.

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Uncovering Additional Threats to Food Security Data: Why the “Redundancy” Claim Doesn’t Hold Up | America's Data Index
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October 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-10-24
1 new ICRs were received by OMB
October 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Daily ICR Update for 2025-10-21
1 new ICRs were received by OMB
October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
📣 EXTENSION: Food Security Supplement (FSS) Comment Form Open Until 11/3/25

We’re collecting comments to send to each state’s Department of Agriculture. Thank you to everyone who has already submitted comments advocating to reinstate the FSS – let’s keep that momentum going!
Submit a Comment to Save the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS)
Termination: On September 20, 2025, USDA announced the termination of the Food Security Supplement (FSS). This critical dataset, collected through the Current Population Survey by the U.S. Census Bure...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM