Thanks to the ineptitude of our federal government, many public datasets have ceased to be available until further notice. These are just a few that we use pretty heavily, but it’s likely that access to data from many agencies will be effected:
- The Census – their website Census.gov and the American Factfinder are ENTIRELY UNAVAILABLE (see this notice)
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics – their website is still up but it (and their datasets) will not be updated
- The SEC – EDGAR is still up and running, as the SEC funds many of its programs through license and user fees.
For alternatives to the Census you can steer students to the NYC Dept City Planning for local data and to our databases (Social Explorer, Infoshare, Statista) and the NHGIS for local or national data.