Completely Removed Content
Database access terminated and content permanently deleted
Status Overview
Content in this category has been entirely removed from federal systems with database access terminated and no possibility of restoration from original sources.
Environmental Protection Agency
Chemical Safety Database (ChemView)
EPA
Status: Database servers permanently decommissioned
Impact: Researchers, manufacturers, and public health officials have lost access to over 85,000 chemical safety profiles, toxicity data, and regulatory assessments. No backup systems remain operational.
Recovery Efforts: Internet Archive captured only 12% of database content; detailed chemical data irretrievable
Removed: January 21, 2025
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) Database
EPA
Status: Complete data deletion with server infrastructure removed
Impact: Climate researchers cannot access facility-level greenhouse gas emissions data from over 8,000 industrial facilities. Essential for carbon accounting and climate policy analysis.
Recovery Efforts: Partial data recovery through state environmental agencies; approximately 30% data loss
Removed: January 23, 2025
Department of Health and Human Services
Healthcare.gov Plan Finder Database
HHS
Status: Insurance plan database permanently offline
Impact: Consumers cannot compare health insurance plans, premiums, or coverage options across states. Critical for healthcare access and affordability research.
Recovery Efforts: State exchanges maintain partial data; federal comparison tool completely lost
Removed: January 20, 2025
National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials Database
NIH
Status: Public access terminated; research portal decommissioned
Impact: Patients, researchers, and physicians cannot access information about ongoing clinical trials, research studies, or experimental treatments.
Recovery Efforts: Academic institutions maintaining partial mirrors; significant data gaps remain
Removed: January 22, 2025
Department of Justice
National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD)
DOJ
Status: Database infrastructure completely dismantled
Impact: Journalists, researchers, and civil rights advocates have lost access to police misconduct records, excessive force incidents, and departmental accountability data across all 50 states.
Recovery Efforts: ACLU and journalistic organizations recovered approximately 15% through FOIA requests
Removed: January 21, 2025
Department of Education
College Scorecard Database
ED
Status: Student outcome database permanently deleted
Impact: Students and families cannot access graduation rates, employment outcomes, debt levels, and earnings data for colleges and universities nationwide.
Recovery Efforts: Third-party education sites maintain limited historical data; real-time updates lost
Removed: January 25, 2025
Recovery Status & Alternative Sources
Archive Success Rate: Only 18% of completely removed databases have been successfully recovered through Internet Archive and third-party sources.
Alternative Data Sources
- Internet Archive Wayback Machine: Partial snapshots available for some databases
- Academic Institutions: Universities maintaining research copies of select datasets
- State Government Mirrors: Some state agencies have partial federal data copies
- Non-Profit Organizations: Advocacy groups archived critical datasets before removal
- International Partners: Foreign research institutions with data sharing agreements
Data Recovery Efforts
- EDGI Data Recovery Project: Coordinating database reconstruction efforts
- Digital Public Library of America: Collecting distributed data sources
- Research Libraries Consortium: Pooling academic institutional copies
- Sunlight Foundation: Government transparency data recovery initiative