Understanding how government actions affect public data, scientific research, environmental protection, and public health requires careful monitoring. The trackers and dashboards below follow policy changes, funding cuts, legal actions, and other developments that may impact the availability of public information and the institutions that depend on it.

Resources

Government Data, Information, and Resources

America's Essential Data

Tracks "losses to federal data that are extra-ordinary"

Data Index

Monitors status and quality of federal datasets

American Statistical Association (ASA)

Lists each change to the federal statistical agencies

The Environment

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Tracks a wide range of administrative actions that affect the enviornment, climate, and human health

Harvard Law School: Environmental & Energy Law Program

Tracks federal actions that impact enviornmental health, and public access to environmental decision-making processes

Public Health

KFF

Follows administrative actions that carry implications for domestic and global public health

Impactcounter.com

Tracks and visualizes negative impacts on US and global public health resulting from federal policy and funding changes

The Legal System

Prison Policy Initiative (PPI)

Lists and analyzes administrative actions that erode legal rights and community safety

Other

Trump Action Tracker

Logs executive actions that "echo those of authoritarian regimes and may pose a threat to American democracy"

Just Security

Tracks the dismantling of anti-corruption systems

Civicus Monitor

Monitors the level of civic repression in countries around the world

Immigration Policy Tracking Project

Litigation

Just Security

Federal Workers Legal Defense Network

Justice Action Center (JAC)

The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association

Resources

Government Data, Information, and Resources

America's Essential Data

Tracks "losses to federal data that are extra-ordinary"

Data Index

Monitors status and quality of federal datasets

American Statistical Association (ASA)

Lists each change to the federal statistical agencies

The Environment

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Tracks a wide range of administrative actions that affect the enviornment, climate, and human health

Harvard Law School: Environmental & Energy Law Program

Tracks federal actions that impact enviornmental health, and public access to environmental decision-making processes

Public Health

KFF

Follows administrative actions that carry implications for domestic and global public health

Impactcounter.com

Tracks and visualizes negative impacts on US and global public health resulting from federal policy and funding changes

The Legal System

Prison Policy Initiative (PPI)

Lists and analyzes administrative actions that erode legal rights and community safety

Other

Trump Action Tracker

Logs executive actions that "echo those of authoritarian regimes and may pose a threat to American democracy"

Just Security

Tracks the dismantling of anti-corruption systems

Civicus Monitor

Monitors the level of civic repression in countries around the world

Immigration Policy Tracking Project

Litigation

Just Security

Federal Workers Legal Defense Network

Justice Action Center (JAC)

The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association

Columbia University: Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

Tracks interference in scientific government research and communications, including public officals' spreading of disinfo

Grant Witness

Tracks grant terminations from the NIH, NSF, and EPA

Maintains a searchable data base of Trump administration immigration policies and documents

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)

Tracks administrative actions that impact services for moderate and low-income people

Watch Tower

Tracking Trump's impact on public data, the environment, global health, and more

Mar 17, 2026