"Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from truth. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology due to the harms and divisiveness it causes. This page does not reflect reality and therefore the Administration and this Department reject it." CDC webpage warning.
The banner above is displayed on the CDC's Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) webpage. This is only one of several announcements by the Trump administration declaring changes to how data has ceased or collection methods altered by federal statistical agencies.
A timeline of alterations in data collection and access to federal data since January 2025:
- January 2025 - the U.S. Census Bureau announced that the National Crime Victimization Survey and the National Health Interview Survey will no longer include statistics on sexual orientation and gender identity
- March 2025 - the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) suspended data collection for the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
- May 2025 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that it will no longer be updating its Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters product to track major weather and climate disasters
- July 2025 - the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced it had suspended collection or reduced the sample for portions of the data used in the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
- September, 2025 - the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the termination of future Household Food Security Reports that monitor hunger in America
These are only some of the restrictions being placed on access to crucial public data. However, it is a source of hope that individuals and organizations are preserving this data that policy makers and people rely on to improve their everyday lives.
