Take Action! Housing Choice Voucher Program and More
by Meghan Maury Form of the Week: Housing Choice Voucher Program and Tribal HUD-VASH. These forms are used by public housing agencies to apply for funding to...
Take Action! Contingent Work Supplement to the Current Population Survey and More
by Meghan Maury Survey of the Week: Contingent Work Supplement to the Current Population Survey. The CWS questions focus on people with contingent jobs -...
One Year In: The Cost of Rolling Back Federal LGBTQ Data
a discussion between Melanie Klein and Caroline Medina Melanie: Here at dataindex.us, we’re tracking how the Trump administration’s actions are reshaping...
Take Action! Civics Assessment Framework for the NAEP and More
by Meghan Maury Survey Framework of the Week: Civics Assessment Framework for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAEP Civics...
The Legal Pathway for Disposing Federal Data Assets and What You Can Do About It
by Chris Marcum Both dataindex.us and the Data Rescue Project care deeply about the preservation and public accessibility of federal data. While much of our...
Take Action! National Special Education Spending Study and More
by Meghan Maury Study of the Week: National Special Education Spending Study. This new study will produce estimates for what is spent on special education...
Register for Rapid Response Data Briefing: 2026 Census Test
Did you know that planning for the 2030 Census is already underway, and a critical test – the 2026 Census Test – has been announced. Unfortunately, many of...
Take Action: American Community Survey
by Beth Jarosz, Chris Dick, Meeta Anand, and Mark Mather Did you know that there are revisions planned for the largest annual survey in the nation–including...
Take Action! NIH Data Policies and More
by Meghan Maury RFI of the Week: NIH Controlled-Access Data Policy and Proposed Revisions to NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy. NIH is requesting public input...
The World Factbook Was a Valuable Data Resource
by Chris Marcum Yesterday, the CIA made the surprising decision to shut down the World Factbook after more than sixty years of operation. This move was not...
Introducing the Data Checkup: A Framework for Assessing the Health of Federal Datasets
by Melanie Klein, Beth Jarosz, and Chris Dick The dataindex.us team is excited to launch the Data Checkup – a comprehensive framework for assessing the...
Take Action! Census of Agriculture and More
by Meghan Maury Census of the Week: 2027 Census of Agriculture. The Census of Agriculture is the primary source of statistics concerning the nation's...
Quick Takes: The Rise of the Data Sharing Agreement
by Meghan Maury The Privacy Act of 1974 was designed to give people at least some control over how the federal government uses and shares their personal...
Take Action! ASTP/ONC Deregulatory Actions and More
by Meghan Maury Proposed Rule of the Week: Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ASTP/ONC Deregulatory Actions To Unleash Prosperity. This proposed...
Take Action! Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and More
by Meghan Maury Survey of the Week: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey — Household Component. MEPS collects data on the specific health services that Americans...
The Day Federal Data Went Dark: A Year of Monitoring and Action
January 31, 2025, is infamous as the day thousands of federal datasets and webpages went dark. While most of these resources have since been restored–often...
Take Action! American Community Survey and More
by Meghan Maury Survey of the Week: American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey. The ACS and PRCS collect detailed social, economic, housing,...
Take Action! HUD Requests for Information and More
by Meghan Maury RFIs of the Week: HUD issued two Requests for Information (RFIs) asking for public input on the continuation of specific surveys. If you are...
Take Action! National Survey of Children's Health and More
by Meghan Maury Survey of the Week: National Survey of Children's Health. The NSCH is designed to produce data on the physical and emotional health of...
Register for a Rapid Response Data Briefing: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Did you know 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...
