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Undated: Prior to the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Sunlight joined other transparency advocates in expressing concern about the future of open government data in the United States. We highlighted the ways an administration could alter government data that fell short of outright removal, from defunding collection to limiting access to altering data sets. Taking open government data offline entirely was the most extreme action we anticipated.

Thankfully, that did not come to pass in 2017: despite widespread concern, we do not have evidence that data has been removed from federal websites after a year into the Trump presidency.

The singular exception we know of was the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s animal welfare datasets, documented below, which were taken down and then partially returned following public outcry and several lawsuits.
https://sunlightfoundation.com/tracking-u-s-government-data-removed-from-the-internet-during-the-trump-administration/

-- 2017 --

February 25: When Donald Trump was elected, most people probably weren't concerned about the future of data. But for some groups, that was top of mind.

Data Refuge was founded after the election, with a goal of tracking and safeguarding government data [which the Trump administration could likely delete from government records].
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/25/technology/data-refuge-saving-data/index.html?iid=ob_article_footer_expansion

February 25: "When things like science are politicized, scientific information will be less accessible," said Dr. Bethany Wiggin, co-director of Data Refuge. "If you can keep knowledge out of the hands of your political opponents, that's an effective win."
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/25/technology/data-refuge-saving-data/index.html?iid=ob_article_footer_expansion

February 25: Additionally, some USDA data on animal testing, puppy mill cruelty and company audits has been completely removed since Trump's inauguration.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/25/technology/data-refuge-saving-data/index.html?iid=ob_article_footer_expansion

-- 2018 --

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