Federal website outage raises concerns over data transparency

A federal website, reginfo.gov, that informs the public about government data collection went down last weekend and is only partially restored, raising concerns among advocates about missing data sets and potential changes in public health data terminology. Former Census Bureau official Chris Dick emphasized the need for quick restoration of this critical infrastructure amidst speculation about the cause of the outage, including staffing shortages or other issues.

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