The Day Federal Data Went Dark: A Year of Monitoring & Action
Marking one year since thousands of federal webpages began going dark, dataindex.us and the Association of Public Data Users (APDU) are co-hosting an important webinar on the current state of federal data.
The event will highlight tools developed to monitor public datasets and actions being taken to safeguard these essential resources, featuring insights from PRB and other data community leaders:
🔹 American Statistical Association – ASA
🔹 CDC Data Project
🔹 Data Rescue Project
🔹 Democracy 2025 (Democracy Forward)
🔹 EssentialData.US
🔹 Federation of American Scientists
🔹 Friends of BLS
🔹 The Leadership Conference Education Fund
🔹 Movement Advancement Project (MAP)
🔹 Population Association of America
🔹 Public Environmental Data Partners
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