The Integrity of Public Access to Federal Data © 2026 by Christopher Steven Marcum, Ph.D., is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Funding support for this project was provided by Funders for the Future of Public Data (3FPD).
Acknowledgments :
The author is grateful to the following people for their reviews which improved this report: Claire McKay Bowen, Andrew Gerard, Hyon Kim, Daniel A. Lee, Jacob Pasner, Meghan Stuessy, and two additional anonymous reviewers.
The author is also grateful to the many people who provided insights into the federal data landscape through anonymous interviews and conversations in support of this project.
Special thanks are also owed to Janet Freilich for sharing code with the author.
Recommended Citation :
Marcum, Christopher Steven. 2026. “The Integrity of Public Access to Federal Data: Evaluating Disruptions to Open Government Data, 2025-2026.” DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19556076