Following executive orders from President Donald Trump's administration, government organizations removed or modified over 8,000 web pages and approximately 3,000 datasets.
The changes primarily affected content related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, public health research, environmental policy, and various social programs.
While some content was later restored, the modifications represented significant changes to federal government data accessibility and sparked legal challenges from healthcare advocacy groups.
Data removal included topics related to DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion),[6] Long COVID,[8] gender ideology,[6][8] HIV/AIDS.
[9] vaccines,[10] transgender topics,[10] foreign aid,[11] environmental justice,[11] emergency management,[11] employment,[11] and the January 6 United States Capitol attack.
[6] This included thousands of research papers relating to chronic medical conditions, sexually transmitted infections, Alzheimer's disease, drug overdose prevention, adolescent health, and reproductive care.
[6] Some data was restored later, such as the Atlas Tool for tracking infectious diseases such as HIV and STIs and information on the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.
"[5] Head Start, a U.S. federal aid program for low-income childcare, saw over 200 pages removed as of February 2, including advice on establishing familial routines and guidance to help prevent postpartum depression.
[6] The Health Resources and Services Administration deleted 18 pages from their website as of February 2, including information on the Mpox vaccine and opioid addiction among women.
[6] More than 3,000 pages from the Census Bureau website were also removed as of February 2, primarily including articles filed under research and methodology.
[6] Close to 50 research papers from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information – part of the Department of Energy – were removed as of February 2.
[6] The Internal Revenue Service removed more than 25 pages as of February 2, including a form that private schools are required to submit annually to certify that they had not engaged in racial discrimination.
[6] As of February 2, there were 18 pages removed from the United States Patent and Trademark Office website, including information about veteran inventors and entrepreneurs, and a high school program teaching about intellectual property.