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Missing or Deleted Federal Information

If you are looking for missing or deleted federal government websites and information, please try some of the tips below or contact us for assistance!

If you know the URL, enter it into Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
- Government resources are regularly archived.

Check these websites:

End-of-Term Web Archive
- The End of Term Web Archive captures and saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.
DataLumos
- Many organizations have worked to archive government data on this site.
Data.gov Archive
- This is an effort by Harvard to archive data on data.gov.
ERIC Archive (ERICA)
- The ERIC Archive or ERICA is an archive of the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) database.
Environmental Data & Governance Initiative | Data Tools
- The Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool has been re-hosted here: https://edgi-govdata-archiving.github.io/j40-cejst-2/en/
GODORT's 2025 Presidential Transition Guide
- List of a government tracking sites and resources for archived websites.
- GODORT is a roundtable of the American Library Association.

Government Sites

Bureau of Economic Analysis
"The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis is your source of accurate and objective data about the nation's economy. BEA's economists produce some of the world's most closely watched statistics, including U.S. gross domestic product, better known as GDP."
The links below are some of the main information pages at the BEA site.
Industry Economic Accounts
"The industry economic accounts...provide a detailed view of the interrelationships between U.S. producers and users and the contribution to production across industries. These accounts are used extensively by policymakers and businesses to understand industry interactions, productivity trends, and the changing structure of the U.S. economy."
Prices and Inflation
BEA produces several types of price indexes that help policymakers, business leaders, and consumers see the big pictures of price movements. The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, relies on one of BEA's inflation measures when setting monetary policy. Federal agencies use them to help make spending plans.
Regional Economic Accounts
Consumer Spending by State, Employment by State, Employment by County, Metro, and Other Areas, GDP by County, Metro, and Other Areas and State, Personal Income by State, Personal Income by County, Metro, and Other Areas, Personal Income by State and Metro Area, Regional Price Parities by State and Metro Area, Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account, Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account--Measure of outdoor recreation by state, with industry and activity detail.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures labor market activity, working conditions, price changes, and productivity in the U.S. economy to support public and private decision making."
Import/Export Price Indexes
"The International Price Program (IPP) produces Import/Export Price Indexes (MXP) containing data on changes in the prices of nonmilitary goods and services traded between the U.S. and the rest of the world."
Economy at a Glance--U.S.
Contains the Unemployment Rate, Change in Payroll Employment, Average Hourly Earnings, Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index, U.S. Import Price Index
Economy at a Glance--Texas
From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

U.S. Census Bureau
"The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. It also provides a substantial amount of business & economic data."
Economic Census
"The Economic Census is the official five-year measure of businesses in the United States providing comprehensive statistics at the national, state, and local levels. It serves as the benchmark for current economic activity, such as the Gross Domestic Product and Producer Price Index."
Business and Economy
"The Census Bureau produces economic data across the entire economy on a monthly, quarterly, yearly, and five-year basis."

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
"The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States. It performs five general functions to promote the effective operation of the U.S. economy and, more generally, the public interest."
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
"Short for Federal Reserve Economic Data, FRED is an online database consisting of hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from scores of national, international, public, and private sources."
ALFRED (Archival FRED)
"ALFRED® allows you to retrieve each economic data release (vintage) that was available on a specific date in history. For the most current data release, visit FRED."
FRASER | (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)
"FRASER is a digital library of U.S. economic, financial, and banking history—particularly the history of the Federal Reserve System."
Beige Book
The Beige Book is a Federal Reserve System publication about current economic conditions across the 12 Federal Reserve Districts. It characterizes regional economic conditions and prospects based on a variety of mostly qualitative information, gathered directly from District sources.

The 12 Geographic Districts of the Federal Reserve System

image of a map of the United States showing the 12 districts of the Federal Reserve System, plus the city in each district where the Federal Reserve Bank is located

Council of Economic Advisors
"The Council of Economic Advisers, an agency within the Executive Office of the President established by Congress in the 1946 Employment Act, is charged with offering the President objective economic advice on the formulation of both domestic and international economic policy."
Economic Indicators
"This monthly publication is prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers for the Joint Economic Committee. It provides economic information on gross domestic product, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, Federal finance, and international statistics."
Economic Report of the President, 1947-2025
"The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. It overviews the nation's economic progress using text and extensive data appendices."

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