Summary
A federal website that provides information on what data U.S. agencies collect went down last weekend and has been only partially restored. This has raised concerns among advocates about the availability of important government data. Efforts to get more information from government offices have not yet received a response.
Key Facts
- The website in question is https://www.reginfo.gov/public/, which shows data collected by federal agencies.
- The site went offline last weekend and is now only partly restored.
- Data after August 1 was missing from the site when it came back online.
- Previous similar outages affected other government data sites, like the CDC’s health data portal and a U.S. Census Bureau survey site.
- Some federal health data sets were significantly changed earlier this year, as researched by experts.
- The situation may involve technical issues or result from staff reductions.
- Advocates are worried about missing data and the slow restoration process.
