Project 2025 plan to target federal data carried out by Trump admin
The gist
The Trump administration has altered or wiped hundreds of federal datasets and websites in under two years.
The changes follow the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 data blueprint.
How it unfolded
- Apr 2023The Heritage Foundation releases Project 2025's 920-page Mandate for Leadership blueprint, produced with representatives from dozens of right-wing think tanks and advocacy groups.
- Apr 30, 2025In Trump's first 100 days, the administration removes an unknown amount of datasets and reports from taxpayer-funded projects and changes data collection, including dropping gender identity questions from CDC and other agency surveys.
- Dec 24, 2025Project 2025's calls for the CDC to stop collecting gender identity data and for ending equity-related data collection have largely played out.
Key terms
- Project 2025
- A political initiative by the Heritage Foundation proposing policy changes, a personnel database, and executive orders to reshape the U.S. federal government.
- Heritage Foundation
- An American right-wing think tank based in Washington, D.C., founded in 1973, influential in the conservative movement.
- DEI
- Organizational frameworks promoting fair treatment and full participation of all people, especially historically underrepresented or marginalized groups.
Source: Wikipedia