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Miranda S. Spivack

Miranda S. Spivack is the author of "Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back" (The New Press 2025). She is vice president of the D.C Open Government Coalition. You can reach her at mirandaspivack@yahoo.com and at https://www.mirandaspivack.com.
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The Removal Of Federal Data Affects Us in Our Hometowns

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The disappearance from government websites of decades of data on health, education and criminal justice are among the many datasets that the Trump administration has dumped.