COMPLETELY REMOVED

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

https://chemview.epa.gov/chemview/

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

https://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/ghgrp-reported-data

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

https://www.healthcare.gov/see-plans/

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

https://clinicaltrials.gov/

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

https://www.justice.gov/crt/nlead

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

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

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