Our Comment on the Recent Removal of Federal Datasets
Last month, many federal datasets from CDC, Census Bureau and other agencies were removed from federal websites, including data documentation. During the outage, CTData was able to
access the American Community Survey (ACS) API and began writing scripts to download over 1,000 ACS tables. This effort aims to archive Connecticut's ACS data across geographic levels (counties, planning regions, towns and certain census tracts) and preserve documentation to safeguard against future access disruptions.
Additionally, in response to the recent removal
of critical datasets from federal government websites, we have written a letter to Connecticut's Congressional delegation urging restoration of public data. These datasets are crucial for investment and planning decisions across Connecticut's private, public, and nonprofit sectors. We encourage you to join us in advocating for this vital public good by contacting your representatives (click here for contact information).
